1885.] Psychology. QII 
PsycHiCAL REsEARCH.—The Society of Psychical Research 
held its third general meeting April 24, in London, to hear the 
address of Professor Balfour Stewart, F. R. S. This society was 
founded by Professor Barrett, on the 5th of January, 1882, and 
formally constituted on the 20th of February of the same year 
with Professor Henry Sidgwick as president. At present the 
membership is 586, A kindred society has been recently started 
in America. Since its commencement the society has issued 
eight parts of proceedings, and in 1884 commenced the publica- 
tion of a journal. In the autumn of 1884 a report of the Com- 
mittee on Theosophical Phenomena was issued for private circu- 
lation only. A large number of slips has been printed 
comprising a selection of the evidence collected in the various 
departments of inquiry. The greatest liberality on the part of 
members has enabled the society to do a great deal of printing. 
Professor Stewart says: “To my mind the evidence already ad- 
duced is such as to render highly probable the occasional pres- 
ence amongst us of something which we may call thought- 
transference, or more generally telepathy; but it is surely our 
uty as a society to continue to accumulate evidence until 
the existence of such a power cannot be controverted. We have 
operations, 
“It is no doubt quite conceivable that after a quantity of evi- 
dence on some subject has been collected the result of its discus- 
sion should prove that there is nothing in it worth inquiring into, 
at least nothing new. But a definite settlement even of a nega- 
tive character is not without its value, and this can only be 
obtained as the result of an exhaustive discussion. On the other 
hand it is conceivable that the result of such a discussion may be 
the establishment of new facts eminently worthy of record, and 
€ next generation of our society would greatly blame the pres- 
ent if we decline to bring together, examine, and register the co- 
temporaneous evidence, so as to fit it, if not for our own final 
_ discussion, at least for that of those who shall come after us.” 
Part vit contains the following papers :— 
On the telepathic explanation of some so-called spiritualistic phenomena, by 
Frederick W. H, Myers. 
Abstract of the president’s opening address at the eleventh general meeting. 
M. Richet’s Recent Researches in Thought Transference, by O. J. Lodge and 
. ge. 
The problems of Hypnotism, by Edmund Gurney. 
Part vii contains :— 
Automatic writing, by Frederick W. H. Myers. 
ening address at the thirteenth general meeting by Professor Balfour Stewart. 
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