688 Analyses of Books. [November, 
heart. A Sunday or two later another clergyman preached, 
when again a violet sphere was shown me, but this was larger, 
at least 3 feet in diameter. On the next occasion a stranger 
occupied the pulpit, and he was in like manner surrounded by a 
delicate green light.” 
In connection with this we venture to put the following : “ She 
(Mrs. Hallett) afterwards saw a beautiful spirit-light, which seemed 
to descend from the north-west and gradually spread out as if on 
all sides. It was to me very striking that light should come from 
the north-west, for in all my drawings that has been the point of 
glory.” Have we here some luminous phenomenon accompany- 
ing or connected with terrestrial magnetism, and under conditions 
yet unknown visible to man ? Are all organic beings enveloped 
in globes of coloured light ? 
The author, as well as a Mr. Spear often here mentioned, 
speaks of numbers as good or bad. Every multiplicand or 
dividend of twelve is good ! 
Miss Houghton is convinced of “the spiritual sight of animals, 
and their after life.” But the instance which she gives in support 
of the former view, and which we cannot quote from want of 
space, is by no means conclusive. 
A strange story, given on pp. 63 and 64, is that of Mumler, the 
Boston photographer, who, taking a photograph of himself one 
day when perfectly alone, found on developing the picture, the 
image of a second person beside his own, and recognised it as 
that of a cousin, who had been dead about twelve years ! All 
here turns on an unknown quantity — the truthfulness of Mumler. 
Those of our readers who are able honestly and fairly to 
suspend judgment in doubtful cases, and who are not beset with 
“ Dominant Ideas,” will find this book worth carefully reading. 
