[18] By F. B. Bond; Blackwell, Oxford.
[19] A poltergeist is a spirit that throws things about; its appearance is generally associated with the presence of some young person, whose tricks may be detected to the discredit of the ghostly cause. If trickery is not detected the poltergeist is the manifestation of an evil spirit.
[20] Problems of the Borderland, p. 49, by J. Herbert Slater. Wm. Rider & Sons, 1915.
[21] See The Question, p. 103.
[22] In Spiritualism—the inside Truth (chap. vi) Stuart Cumberland tells how this medium refused to admit him to a séance. Stringent precautions, however, were followed by a failure to produce spirit manifestations.
[23] Phenomena of Modern Spiritualism, p. 25. 'Two Worlds' Publishing Co., 1903.
[24] Miss Fox and Mrs. Cook; see The Question, pp. 84 and 127.
[25] This is doubtful. My informant reported that he saw no cross on the last two plates, but when the four prints came to hand the cross appeared on three of them. Two prints were identical—though each was supposed to be from its own negative. If the photographer aimed at puzzling me he has succeeded.
[26] Spiritualism, p. 64. Cassell & Co., 1918.
[27] There is no Death, p. 14.