22 OCTOBER 1932, Page 6

The case of the alleged manifestation of the stigmata, or

marks of the Cross, in the body of a girl in the Bavarian village of Konnersreuth sends me back to a little French volume I once picked up somewhere for sixpence, recording in full detail the investigations into the case—apparently precisely similar—of a Belgian girl, Louise Lateau, whose case attracted considerable attention in the sixties of last century. There the manifestation of the bleeding wounds every Friday was to all appearance fully authen- ticated. The Bavarian girl is to be put under scientific observation, and the result will be watched with interest. • * * *