rything. It is too late in the day
to propose to place the whole of this department under the care of any
Brahmin caste; the subject is one which every common man and woman can
understand. It is one which comes home to every human being, for it adds
a new interest to life, and vivifies the sombre but all-pervading
problem of death.

W. T. Stead.

_London_, 1891.

CONTENTS

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Part I.--The Ghost That Dwells in Each of Us.

Chapter I. The Unconscious Personality 17

" II. Louis V. and His Two Souls 32

" III. Madame B. and Her Three Souls 45

" IV. Some Suggested Theories 52

Part II.--The Thought Body, or the Double.

Chapter I. Aerial Journeyings 56

" II. The Evidence of the Psychical Research Society 72

" III. Aimless Doubles 86

" IV. The Hypnotic Key 101

Part III.--Clairvoyance.--The Vision of the Out of Sight.

Chapter I. The Astral Camera 108

" II. Tragic Happenings Seen in Dreams 127

" III. My Own Experience 141

Part IV.--Premonitions and Second Sight.

Chapter I. My Own Extraordinary Premonitions 145

" II. Warnings Given in Dreams 160

" III. Premonitory Warnings 179

" IV. Some Historical and Other Cases 192

Part V.--Ghosts of the Living on Business.

Chapter I. Warnings of Peril and Death 199

" II. A Dying Double Demands its Portraits! 211

Part VI.--Ghosts Keeping Promise.

Chapter I. My Irish Friend 222

" II. Lord Brougham's Testimony 231

Appendix.--Some Historical Ghosts 240

REAL GHOST STORIES.

PART I.

THE GHOST THAT DWELLS IN EACH OF US.

Chapter I.

The Unconscious Personality.

"Real Ghost Stories!--How can there be real ghost stories when there are
no real ghosts?"

But are there no real ghosts? You may not have seen one, but it does not
follow th