[46] Brewster. Natural Magic, p. 15.
[47] A few hundred feet from the place where this occurred, is a lane
(Oldfield Lane, Wortley, near Leeds) which was noted, many years ago, as
the beat of one of those somewhat rare spectres, a headless ghost. Some
are living even now who have _known_ those who had seen this phantom.
When last seen, it appeared as a comfortable-looking man, dressed in a
drab-coat, and carried the head under the arm. As a Yorkshire version of
a very ancient and wide-spread superstition, its memory is worth
preserving. The belief in headless ghosts is found in many parts of
England, Ireland (the _Dullahan_ or _Dulachan_), Wales, Scotland, Spain,
France, and Germany.
[48] Chambers' Miscellany. Art. "Spectral Apparitions," &c.
[49] Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft. 2nd Ed., p. 3.
[50] "Phantoms of the Far East." Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Vol. XVII,
p. 315.
[51] Busby's Lucretius, B. IV.
[52] Temora.
[53] Notes and Queries, Vol. VIII, p. 7.
[54] Letters on Natural Magic. 5th Ed., p. 166.
[55] D. Jardine, "Notes and Queries," Vol. VIII, p. 512, Nov. 26, 1853.
[56] Hudibras. Can. III.
[57] Athenæum. July 2, 1853, p. 801, and Appendix.
[58] Müller. "Manuel de Physiologie." Traduit par A. J. L. Jourdan. 2nd
ed., 1851, par E. Littré, T. II., p. 388. See also ¶ A. B. C. E. F.,
Sect. V, "Phénomènes Subjectifs de Vision," p. 386.
[59] Müller. Op. cit., T. II, p. 549.
[60] Boismont. Op. cit., p. 74.
[61] "Researches on Magnetism, Electricity, &c., in their Relations to
the Vital Force," by Karl von Reichenbach, Pts. I & II.
[62] "The Night Side of Nature," by Mrs. Crowe. Ed. 1853, p. 362.
[63]
"I waste the matin lamp in sighs for thee,
Thy image steals between my God and me;
Thy voice I seem in every hymn to hear,
With every bead I drop too soft a tear."
_Eloise and Abelard._ Pope.
[64] Notes and Narrative of a Six Years' Mission principally among the
Dens of London. By R. W. Vanderkiste, p. 182.
[65] Boismont. Op. cit., p. 110.
[66] "Theory of Pneumatology." By Dr. J. H. Jung-Stilling: translated by
Saml. Jackson; p. 197, Lond., 1834.
[67] Op. cit., p. 200.
[68] The apparition of the "_White Lady_" was very irregular and
uncertain, for many members of the family died without her spectre
having been seen.
[69] "Demonology and Witchcraft." 2nd Ed., p. 350, note.
[70] "Household Words." Conducted by Charles Dickens, March, 1853, p. 6.
[71] Op. cit., p. 142.
[72] "Notes and Queries." Vol. VIII., p. 287.
[73] Ed. 1829, Vol. IV., p. 271.
[74] Op. cit., p. 182.
[75] Op. cit., p. 470.
[76] De. Divinatione et de Fato.
[77] Op. cit. p. 243.
[78] "Of Human Understanding." Bk. II, ch. 33, sect. 10.
[79] Op. cit., p. 65.
[80] "History of Europe," from 1789 to 1815. By Sir Archibald Alison,
Bart. Chap. XX, Sect. 25, and notes.
[81] Op. cit., p. 10.
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