spiritualism 



fastidious a state to tolerate almost any book. I found that 

 almost the only book which I could read was your '' Malay 

 Archipelago •' (of course I had read it before). In spite 

 of my complete ignorance of natural history there was a 

 certain charm about the book, both moral and literary, 

 which made it deeply congenial in those trying hours. You 

 have had few less instructed readers, but very few can have 

 dwelt on that simple manly record with a more profound 

 sympathy. 



I want to bespeak you as a friend at court. When we 

 get into the next world, I beg you to remember me and 

 say a good word for me when you can, as you will have 

 much influence there. 



To me it seems that Hodgson's report^ is the lest thing 

 which we have yet published. I trust that it impresses 

 you equally. It has converted Podmore amongst other 

 people ! 



I yfiW, then, write again soon, and I am yours most 

 truly, F. w. H. Myers. 



To Mrs. Fisher {n6e Buckley) 



Parkstone, Dorset. January 4, 1896. 



My dear Mrs. Fisher, — I. am glad to hear that you are 

 going on with your book. I am sure it will be a comfort 

 to you. I have read one book of Hudson's — " A Scientific 

 Demonstration of a Future Life," and that is so pretentious, 

 so unscientific, and so one-sided that I do not feel inclined 

 to read more of the same author's work. I do not think I 

 mentioned to you (as I thought you did not read much now) 

 a really fine and original work, called " Psychic Philosophy, 

 a Religion of Natural Law," by Desertis (Red way). I should 

 like to know if, after reading that, you still think Hudson's 

 books worth reading. 



* Psychical Research Society Report. 

 203 



