in Socrates, that after the defeat of the Athenian army
under the praetor Laches, as he was flying in company with the Athenian
general, and came to a place where several roads met, he refused to go
the same road that the others took, and the reason being asked him, he
answered that his genius, or familiar spirit, who frequently attended
him, dissuaded him from it; and the event justified the precaution,
for all those who went a different way from him were killed or made
prisoners by the enemy's cavalry.

When Bruno, Archbishop of Wirtzburgh, a short time before his sudden
death, was sailing with Henry III., he descried a terrific spectre
standing upon a rock which overhung the foaming waters, by whom he was
thus hailed; "Ho! bishop, I am thy evil genius. Go whither thou
choosest, thou art and shalt be mine. I am not now sent for thee, but
soon thou shalt see me again."

A house at Athens was haunted by a spirit which roamed through the
apartments at night, seemingly dragging a heavy chain after it.
Athenodorus, the philosopher, hired the house, with the intention of
discovering the cause of so much alarm to the inmates. One night,
while pursuing his studies, he was startled by hearing what seemed to
be the rattling of chains. On looking up he beheld a spectre enter his
apartment and make a sign to him to follow. The philosopher rose and
followed the ghost, which went into the courtyard and disappeared. The
philosopher marked the spot where the spectre vanished, and on the
following day caused a search to be made. The result was that the
skeleton of a man in chains was discovered. The bones were publicly
burned, and the ghost never again appeared.

A lady, while going along a dreary path one evening to see a sick
child, was frightened by a strange sight before her. The mysterious
object represented her friend's child dead, and wrapt in its winding
sheet, floating up in the air heavenwards. It is almost needless to
say that just about that time the sick child died.

Many years ago, when a ship of war was one night off the African
coast, the officer on watch became deeply affected in a manner he
could not explain, and became partially insensible, and could not
rouse himself before a cold hand touched him. He then beheld a white
figure walking away. It turned round, and in the face he beheld the
features of a brother in England. The spectre, after remaining a few
seconds, vanished. On arriving in Great Britain, the off