INDEX.

ABJURATION by Margaret Fox Kane of Spiritualism at the Academy of Music, New York, [65], [74].
ADMISSIONS of Mrs. Leah Fox Fish regarding the results of the Buffalo medical investigation, [140], [144].
AGASSIZ (Professor) investigates Spiritualism, [147].
ANTICS of the Fox Children at Hydesville near Rochester, [83], [87], [89], [96].
ATTRACTIONS of the younger Fox Sisters, [129].
AUDACITY (Imbecile) of spiritualistic imposters, [146].
—(Supreme) of fraud, [150].
AUTHORIZATION of the publication of this work by Margaret Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jencken, [7].
“BABY mediumship”
—How the trick was done with the child of Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken, [160].
BELIEF in Spiritualism,
—Mrs. Kane never pretended to any, [167], [181], [236].
—John D. Fox never had any, [99].
“BOBBING” of apples on the floor in the Hydesville house, [84], [90], [95].
BOOMERANGS (Spiritualistic), [131].
BROWN (Mrs. Ann Leah Fox),
—Malignant opposition to Dr. Kane’s efforts to detach her sister Maggie from Spiritualism, [222], [232].
—Exulting in deception, [223].
—Maggie warned against her by Dr. Kane, [227].
—Sinister influence over her sisters, [232].
“BUFFALO Doctors”
—Their investigation of the “rappings,” [131].
—Their correct theory, but wrong hypothesis, [131].
—How their investigation if further pursued, would have led to the truth, [133].
“CHARLES Ceri”
—The “spirit of Mr. Seybert” mistakes the name of Mr. Sellers, of the “Seybert Commission,” [171].
CLAIMS of Spiritualism as set forth in petition to Congress, 1854, [151], [152].
COMMITTEES of tools and accomplices, [121].
CONDEMNATION of Spiritualism
—The substantial effect of the report of Harvard professors on the tests in Boston, 1857, [149].
CONCERTED signals used in the early séances, [127].
CONSPICUOUS persons interested in the “Fox Sisters,” [129].
CONTACT of person while producing the “raps,” [90], [138].
CORRUPT practices in secret spiritualistic circles, [50], [64], [237].
COVENTRY (Dr. C. B.), one of the Buffalo investigators, [132].
CROOKVILLE, near Philadelphia—Maggie Fox goes to school there, [226].
DEAD (The) do not return, [37], [238].
DEATH of Dr. Kane, [37].
DERANGEMENT of mental faculties the cause of the prevalence of the spiritualistic delusion, [154].
—Resulting from Spiritualism, [166].
DISGUST (Dr. Kane’s) at spiritualistic circles, [225], [229].
—(Mrs. Kane’s) at the baser spiritualistic practices, [29], [30].
DISS De Bar (Madam)
—Mrs. Kane’s abhorrence of her, [29].
—Daniel Underhill pronounces her a fraud, [43].
EARLY sorcery the prototype of modern Spiritualism, [150].
EDUCATION (Defective) the cause of the prevalence of the spiritualistic delusion, [154].
ELEVATION
—Failure of Mrs. Kane to produce “rappings” when standing upon a lounge, a cushioned chair or a step-ladder, [195].
EXPOSURE, Poetic justice of the, [13].
—Mrs. Kane’s first public intimation of intended, [29], [30].
—Details of Mrs. Kane’s, [32], [35], [37], [65], [77].
—Of Spiritualism by the Guernillas, [199].

FEAR of the Fox Sisters of their sister, Leah, [232].
FISH (Ann Leah Fox) First to conceive the idea of profiting by the “rappings,” [102].
—Learns to “rap” from the little children, [103].
—Using the little girls, Maggie and Katie, for her purposes, [123].
—Challenges to the “Buffalo doctors,” [139].
FISH (Lizzie)
—Protesting against her mother’s hypocrisy and deception, [96], [128].
FLINT (Dr. Austin), one of the Buffalo investigators, [132].
FOOT (Movement of the) in producing “rappings,” [38], [103], [143].
—Detected by a member of the “Seybert Commission,” [194].
—“Rappings” not heard when held, but heard again when released, [143].
FORGED testimony, [91].
FOX (Catherine)
—First to discover that “raps” could be produced with the joints, [90].
FOX (David S.)
—First to suggest use of the alphabet in the so-called “spirit messages,” [115].
—Dupe or accomplice of Leah, [115].
FOX (John D.)
—Never a believer in Spiritualism, [99].
FOX (Mrs. Margaret)
—An honest fanatic, deceived by her children, [36], [93].
—Disabused at the last, [236].
FOX (Maggie)
—Her beauty at thirteen years, [210].
—Petty devilment in childhood, [83].
—Sent to school at Crookville, Pa., by Dr. Kane, [226].
—Protests all through her earlier life against “spiritualistic” deception, [234].
FOX (Maria), [82].
FULCRUM, necessary for the limb in order to produce sound by the action of the joints, [142].
FURNESS (Horace Howard), acting chairman of the “Seybert Commission”
—Letter to Mrs. Kane, [169].
—Explanation of her refusal to continue the séances with the Commission, [204].
FRAUD.
—Dante’s image of, [17].
—Origin of the, [81].
—Development of the, [105].
—Various forms of the, [201].

FRAUDULENT
—The “mediumship” of Mrs. Jencken’s baby, “Ferdie,” [160].
GARBLED testimony, [90], [94].
“GOD has not ordered it,” [25], [37].
GOWNS (Long) put on the younger Fox girls on their first public appearance, to conceal manner of producing “raps,” [123].
GREELEY (Horace)
—Aids Katie, [19], [58], [129].
—Influence upon her life, [129].
GUERNILLAS (The)
—Exposure of Spiritualism, [199].
“HERALD” (The N. Y.), [25], [28], [29], [32], [39], [42], [46], [62].
HISTORY of the “rappings,” [79].
HARVARD professors investigate Spiritualism, [147].
HUMBUG (Spiritualism a,) according to Mrs. Kate Fox Jencken, [57].
HYDESVILLE, N. Y.
—When mysterious sounds were first heard in John D. Fox’s house, [81].
—Digging in the creek, [95].
—Bones of a horse found, [118].
—Digging in the cellar, [117].
—Alleged finding of human bones, unconfirmed by any evidence, [117].
—House said to be haunted—an afterthought, [101].
—The “spirits” when asked tentatively say a murder was committed in the house and mention the name of the murderer, [119].
HYPOCRISY of professional spiritualists, [165].
—Dr. Kane characterizes, [214], [215].
INQUISITIVENESS as to spiritualistic methods prevents the “spirits” from acting, [146].
INSULATION
—Experiments with Mrs. Kane while standing on glass tumblers, [185].
—The results negative, [188].
—Partial success when placed near a sideboard and wall, [189], [192].
INVESTIGATION
—First farcical. [122], [124].
—By the “Buffalo doctors,” [131], [134].
—By “Buffalo doctors” again, [131].
—By “Seybert Commission,” [170].
—By Harvard professors and others, [147].
JENCKEN (Mrs. Catherine Fox) denounces Spiritualism, [62], [64].

JOINTS of the fingers.
—Children try to imitate sounds with them, [87].
JOINT of the knee used in the production of “raps,” [133].
JOINTS of the toes used in producing the famous “rappings” of the Fox sisters, [139], [145].
JUGGLERY
—Spiritualists attribute it to “mediumship,” [198].
—Confess that “spiritualistic” effects are produced in the same way, [199].
—Older and more skillful than Spiritualism so-called, [150], [154].
KANE (Dr. Elisha Kent)
—First meeting with Maggie Fox, [209].
—Influence upon her life, [129].
—Effect of his death on her career, [230], [231].
—Character of his interest in her, [213].
—Gloomy foresight, [213].
—Efforts to save her from a life of fraud, &c., [129], [228].
—Characterizes the deceit and hypocrisy of “mediumship,” [214], [215], [216], [228].
—Never believed in a single pretense of Spiritualism, [217], [232].
—Knew from their first acquaintance that the “rappings” were fraudulent, [232].
—Repeatedly exacts her promise not to have anything more to do with Spiritualism, [223], [226].
—Solicitude lest she return to the practice of Spiritualism, [228].
—Fear lest the source of the “rappings” be discovered, [226].
—Places her at school, [226].
—Engagement broken off and renewed, [227].
—Secret marriage with her, [229].
—Death at Havana, [229].
KNEES
—Seized by investigators to detect movement while “rappings” being produced, [143].
—When so seized, sounds arrested, and when released, renewed, [143].
LEE (Dr. Charles A.), one of the Buffalo investigators, [132].
LETTER of Mrs. Kane first publicly denouncing Spiritualism, [30].
LICENTIOUSNESS under the cloak of Spiritualism, [237], [238].
“MEDIUMS” (Well-known)
—How they received the exposé, [45], [46].
“MEDIUMSHIP”
—Mrs. Kane driven back to it, [37].
MESSAGES (Written)
—How produced by Mrs. Kane, [172], [196].

MESSAGES (“Spirit”)
—Internal evidence sufficient to prove their falsity, [162].
MERCENARY campaign
—Begins in Rochester, [121], [126].
—Tour of principal cities, [212], [222].
MOVEMENT of knees of “medium” noted by Dr. Lee while “raps” were heard, [143].
ORIGIN of the fraud, [81], [83], [87], [92].
PERSECUTION of Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken and her children by spiritualistic enemies, [60].
PROPHECY of Dr. Kane concerning the future of Maggie Fox, [213].
PROMISES of Maggie Fox to Dr. Kane never to “rap” any more, [223], [226].
PRESIDENT Pierce’s wife and Maggie Fox, [223].
PROFESSION of spiritualistic belief
—Mrs. Kane expressly disclaims it, [181], [234].
“RAPS”
—Failure to “throw” them to different parts of a room, [184].
—Always heard near the spot where “medium” is stationed, [136], [172], [173].
—Effort of the will in producing them apparent, [136].
—Muscular contractions their possible cause, [137].
—Not produced while “mediums” in constrained position, [142].
—Not produced while feet of “mediums” are prevented from touching sonorous substances, [185].
—Vibrations in foot of Mrs. Kane, felt by Mr. Sellers of the “Seybert Commission,” [194].
—Their physiological origin, [202], [203].
REPENTANCE
—Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken, [58], [59].
—Mrs. Margaret Fox Kane, [233].
REPORTS on investigations of “rappings,” [134], [141], [149], [173].
ROCHESTER
—Outlandish doings told by Mrs. Underhill, [106], [113].
—Mrs. Kane gives the true explanation of them, [112].
—First public appearances of the Fox Sisters, [121].
SENATE ridicules Spiritualism in debate, [159].
SLADE (Henry) admits that certain magicians produce their effects in the same way that he does, [199].
SEYBERT (Henry)
—Crazed by Spiritualism, [166].
—Mrs. Kane enters the “Spiritual Mansion,” [164].
—She draws the line at the Apostles and the Angel Gabriel, [166].
—His legacy for the investigation of Spiritualism, [167].
—His “spirit” mistakes the identity of a member of the “Seybert Commission” and calls him by a queer name, [171].
—Though he knew no Latin in the flesh, his “spirit” is made to write Latin, [197].
“SEYBERT Commission” (The)
—Its origin and labors, [167].
—Experiments with Mrs. Kane, [169].
—Its conclusions regarding the “rappings,” [168], [201].
—On other phases of Spiritualism, [201].
SPIRITUALISM
—Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken says it is the greatest curse the world has ever known, [56].
SUPERSTITION
—Traditions in the Fox family about queer happenings, [119].
UNDERHILL (Ann Leah)
—Her narrative proven false, [38].
—Sinister influence over her younger sisters, [233].
VERDICT (The unalterable), [201].
VIBRATION of articles when “medium’s” body is in contact with them while producing raps, [138], [145].
WARNINGS of Dr. Kane to Maggie and Katie Fox against a life of deception, [216], [219], [222], [225], [228], [229].
—Against intercourse with her sister, Leah, [227].

FINIS.

Footnotes:

[1] Dr. Kane and Horace Greeley.

[2] It was erroneously stated that the boys were immediately sent back to Europe.

[3] “The Seybert Commission on Spiritualism,” J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1887. The author is under obligations to the publishers of this volume, for material which he has taken from it.

[4] The author of “The Love-Life of Dr. Kane;” published by Carleton, 1865, New York.

[5] This form of expression was here used because the author of “The Love-Life,” while not a believer in Spiritualism, did not wish to imply in a work that had Mrs. Kane’s personal sanction, the slightest doubt of the sincerity of her professions or of her claims as a “medium.”