before the ship reached her harbor. During all this time no news
was received from home. But when at last the ship arrived at New
York, it was found that Kate did die at the time and under the
circumstances seen and described by the captain off the coast of
India. This is only one case out of hundreds. What does it mean?
Coincidence? Just happened so? This might be said of one; but a
hundred of such coincidences become inexplicable."

The following is another instance mentioned by the same writer:--

"I went to the house of a woman in New York. She was not a
professional. We had never seen each other before. We took seats
in the parlor for a talk, I not looking for any manifestation.
Raps began. I do not say whether they were really where they
seemed to be or not; I know right well that the judgment is
subject to illusion through the senses. But I was told a 'spirit
friend' was present; and soon the name, time, and place of death,
etc., were given me. It was the name of a friend I had once known
intimately. But twenty years had passed since the old intimacy;
she had lived in another State; I am certain that she and the
psychic had never known or even heard of each other. She had died
within a few months."

Mr. Savage then gives examples where the power in question was exclusively
mental:--

"The first time I was ever in the presence of a particular
psychic, she went into a trance. She had never seen, and, so far
as I know, had never had any way of hearing of my father, who had
died some years previously. When I was a boy, he always called me
by a special name that was never used by any other member of the
family. In later years he hardly ever used it. But the entranced
psychic said: 'An old gentleman is here,' and she described
certain very marked peculiarities. Then she added: 'He says he is
your father, and he calls you ----,' using the old childhood name of
mine."

Again, same page:--

"One case more, only, will I mention under this head. A most
intimate friend of my youth had recently died. She had lived in
another State, and the psychic did not know that such a person had
ever existed. We were sitting alone when this old friend announced
her presence. It was in this way: A letter of two pages was
automatically written, addressed to me. I thought to myself a