Alfred Russel Wallace 



it was at request made heavy or light, the indicator moving 

 accordingly, and to prevent any mistake it was made light 

 when the hands of all present were resting on the table and 

 heavy when our hands were all underneath it. The differ- 

 ence, if I remember, was about 40 lb. I was also asked to 

 place a candle on the floor and look under the table while 

 it was lifted completely off the floor, Mr. Home's feet being 

 2 ft. distant from any part of it. This was in a lady's 

 house in the West End. Mr. Home courts examination if 

 people come to him in a fair and candid spirit of inquiry. 

 . . . —Yours very faithfully, Alfred K. Wallace. 



To Miss Buckley 

 The Dell, Grays, Essex. January 11, 1874. 



My dear Miss Buckley, — I am delighted to hear of your 

 success so far, and hope you are progressing satisfactorily. 

 Pray keep accurate notes of all that takes place. . . . Allow 

 me ... to warn you not to take it for granted till you get 

 proof upon proof that it is really your sister that is com- 

 municating with you. I hope and think it is, but still, the 

 conditions that render communication possible are so subtle 

 and complex that she may not be able ; and some other being, 

 reading your mind, may be acting through you and making 

 you think it is your sister, to induce you to go on. Be there- 

 fore on the look out for characteristic traits of your sister's 

 mind and manner which are different from your own. These 

 will be tests, especially if they come when and how you are 

 not expecting them. Even if it is your sister, she may be 

 obliged to use the intermediation of some other being, and 

 in that case her peculiar idiosyncrasy may be at first dis- 

 guised, but it will soon make itself distinctly visible. Of 

 course you will preserve every scrap you write, and date 

 them, and they will, I have no doubt, explain each other as 



you go on. 



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