tervals of considerable duration, and the belief in their lunacy is
peculiar to a small school of writers.
{69a} A crowd of phantom coaches will be found in Messrs. Myers and
Gurney's Phantasms of the Living.
{69b} See The Slaying of Sergeant Davies of Guise's.
{70} Principles of Psychology, by Prof. James of Harvard, vol. ii.,
p. 612. Charcot is one of sixteen witnesses cited for the fact.
{74} Story written by General Barter, 28th April, 1888. (S.P.R.)
Corroborated by Mrs. Barter and Mr. Stewart, to whom General Barter
told his adventure at the time.
{75} Statement by Mr. F. G., confirmed by his father and brother, who
were present when he told his tale first, in St. Louis. S.P.R.
Proceedings, vol. vi., p. 17.
{76} S.P.R., viii., p. 178.
{77} Mrs. M. sent the memorandum to the S.P.R. "March 13, 1886.
Have just seen visions on lawn--a soldier in general's uniform, a
young lady kneeling to him, 11.40 p.m."
{78} S.P.R., viii., p. 178. The real names are intentionally
reserved.
{80a} Corroborated by Mr. Elliot. Mrs. Elliot nearly fainted.
S.P.R., viii., 344-345.
{80b} Oddly enough, maniacs have many more hallucinations of hearing
than of sight. In sane people the reverse is the case.
{82} Anecdote by the lady. Boston Budget, 31st August, 1890.
S.P.R., viii., 345.
{85a} Tom Sawyer, Detective.
{85b} Phantasms of the Living, by Gurney and Myers.
{85c} The story is given by Mr. Mountford, one of the seers.
{86} Journal of Medical Science, April, 1880, p. 151.
{88} Catholic theology recognises, under the name of "Bilocation,"
the appearance of a person in one place when he is really in another.
{91a} Phantasms, ii., pp. 671-677.
{91b} Phantasms of the Living.
{91c} Mr. E. B. Tylor gives a Maori case in Primitive Culture.
Another is in Phantasms, ii., 557. See also Polack's New Zealand for
the prevalence of the belief.
{92} Gurney, Phantasms, ii., 6.
{93} The late Surgeon-Major Armand Leslie, who was killed at the
battle of El Teb, communicated the following story to the Daily
Telegraph in the autumn of 1881, attesting it with his signature.
{95a} This is a remarkably difficult story to believe. "The morning
bright and calm" is lit by the rays of the moon. The woman (a Mrs.
Gamp) must have rushed past Dr. Leslie. A man who died in Greece or
Russia "that morning" would hardly be arrayed in evening dress for
burial before 4 a.m. The custom of u
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