1893 MADEIEA 293 



Although I have been very much in the world I 



Jiave not a single enemy, unless it be the , who 



have entirely dropped out of my Hfe. 



On the other hand, I do not know anyone who 

 has so many friends, not merely acquaintances, but 

 men and women who are devoted with an ardent 

 affection. . . . 



Now, all this might sound very conceited to any- 

 one who would not understand me as I know you 

 will do. But I have been thinking the matter over 

 in my solitude, and candidly I am wholly unable to 

 account for it. Still, to be further candid, even love 

 is not capable of becoming to me any compensation 

 for the loss of faith. . . . 



But it is time for me to go to bed and shut up 

 this egotistic screed to post by to-morrow's mail. 



I received a telegram yesterday announcing the 

 arrival in England of my brace of Ethels, and to- 

 morrow I expect the arrival here of Charlotte and 

 Mytsie.^ . . . 



I forgot about the mesmerism article. You -will 

 have seen that the writer rather caved in at the end, 

 so that one cannot well understand how much he him- 

 self supposes was genuine and how much imposture. 



But quite apart from (this), there is no question 

 in my mind that the facts, even as far as hitherto 

 estabHshed, are very perplexing. But on this account 

 there is all the more need for caution. I myself 

 went over the Paris Salpetriere two years ago, and 

 ■saw the doctors' experiments on a number of girls, 

 who were trotted out for my benefit. 



' A favourite cousin, who died a few mouths after Mr. Romanes. 



