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known Scotch uncles of my father, the other beginning, " God 

 bless you, my boys," is probably from our paternal grand- 

 mother, who is buried at Laleham. The last is my brother's 

 folding-slate, containing on one side a short farewell from 

 " John Gray," the signature being written three times in 

 different styles and tints ; the other side is a message signed, 

 " Your father, T. V. Wallace." This, again, was a test, as 

 no one present would have been able to give my father's 

 unusual initials correctly, and as he was accustomed to sign 

 his name. 



The six portraits on paper with the lips tinted are those 

 of Jno. Pierpont (signed) ; Benjamin Rush (an early spirit- 

 ualist, signed) ; Robt. Hare, M.D., whose works I had quoted 

 (signed) ; D. D. Home, the celebrated medium who had died 

 the year before — a likeness easily recognized; a girl (signed 

 "The Spirit of Mary Wallace"), probably my sister who 

 had died the year before I was born, when eight years old ; 

 and a lady, who was recognized as Mrs. Breed, a medium of 

 San Francisco. These are all rather rude outlines, in some- 

 what irregular and interrupted dashes, but they are all life- 

 like, and considering that they must have been precipitated 

 on the six surfaces while in contact with each other between 

 the slates, as placed by myself, are exceedingly curious. The 

 whole of these seven slates and six papers were produced 

 so rapidly that the seance occupied less than an hour, and 

 with such simple and complete openness, under the eyes of 

 four observers, as to constitute absolutely test conditions, 

 although without any of the usual paraphernalia of tests which 

 were here quite unnecessary. A statement to this effect was 

 published, with an account of the seance, signed by all present. 



During the last fifteen years I have not seen much of 

 spiritualistic phenomena ; but those who have read the account 

 of my early investigations in my book on the subject, and 

 add to them all that I have indicated here, will see that I 

 have reached my present standpoint by a long series of experi- 

 ences under such varied and peculiar conditions as to render 

 unbelief impossible. As Dr. W. B. Carpenter well remarked 



