PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING.
[TO TIM EDITOR or VIZ "aPsCTsTOR.'] Slit,—Your friendly review of "Phantasms of the Living" encourages me to ask for space for a few words on one of the points which you criticise. We have nothing to dissent from in your general line of argument; rather we would say that the distinction between " telepathy " proper and " telepathic clair- voyance," on whose importance you insist, is indicated, though perhaps inadequately, in several of the luminous—I mean the voluminous—disquisitions which the bulky work contains. But I should like to explain why a full index of names does not appear, in addition to the synopsis and indices with which the book is already furnished. Our reason for not publishing such a list was to wish to avoid forcing any unnecessary prominence on any of our informants. Most of them have allowed us to print their names, recognising the evidential importance of signed attestation; but shoe in some cases there are other members of the family who dislike the subject, and sines in dealing with oases so intimate and delicate as many of those which we print it is desirable to be even punctiliously discreet, we have affixed the names to the narratives, but avoided offering them in any conspicuous list to the eye of the reader. Apart from such precautions, we trust that the large number of our informants, which ensures each of them against any disagreeable publicity, may encourage others to send us further cases of- apparitions at death, and cognate phenomena. We earnestly. desire to extend our collection ; we know that it can be largely extended by a very little trouble on the part of those who have evidence to give ; and we hope that our book may at least show how vast and interesting is the unmapped realm in which we are mere explorers and pioneers.
Evidence or inquiries may be sent to Mr. E. Gurney, at it Dean's Yard, S.W., or to myself, at Cambridge.—I am Sir, &a,.
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