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FOOTNOTES:
[R] Gladstone's words were--"Psychical research is the most important
work which is being done in the world--by far the most important."
[S] For details of the Hodgson "manifestations" the reader may consult
Professor Hyslop's recently published book "Psychical Research and the
Resurrection"--particularly Chaps. V-VII.
[T] A new work by Mr. Podmore is announced for immediate publication,
with the characteristic title of "The Naturalization of the
Supernatural." It is said to contain a detailed analysis of the work of
various well-known mediums.
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Transcriber's Note:
Puctuation errors (e.g. commas used instead of periods, incorrect
quotation marks) have been corrected without note. Unusual spellings
(e.g. accordeon, breesquely, roystering) have been retained.
The following corrections were made:
*p. 145: litttle to little (clergymen of the little Connecticut village)
*p. 157: oustide to outside (how he was supported outside)
*p. 181: ignoance to ignorance (professing complete ignorance)
For this ASCII version, the following diacritic marks were changed:
*dieresis removed (2nd 'e' in preeminent; 2nd 'o' in cooperated,
coordinate; 2nd 'e' in reemerged, reenter; 'i' in naively)
*o umlaut changed to oe (Goeteborg, Loewenstein)
*u umlaut changed to ue (Wuertemberg)
*circumflex removed ('o' in role; 'a' in chateau)
*circumflex (1st 'e') and grave accent (2nd 'e') removed (Salpetriere)
*grave accent removed ('a' in Anthony a Wood's)
*acute/aigu accent removed (1st 'e' in seances, seance; 'e' in Barre,
cure)
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