KUDA BUX [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As is
usual with Mr. Harry Price, he has once more managed to get his facts all wrong. I am not on the staff of a Spiritualist paper, but merely contribute to the Spiritualist and general press on psychic matters which I investigate from time to time.
I have always understood that one of the conditions under which one can successfully undertake a scientific experiment is the acceptance of the limitations which such an experiment imposes upon the investigator. These conditions, in the case of Mr. Kuda Bux, were the ones I outlined in my previous letter. The point that Mr. Price ignores is that if he was so inefficient in the bandaging of Mr. Bux, then he must have been to blame if there was an aperture down the sides of the nose through which Mr. Bux could see. May I conclude by pointing out that Mr. Bux was forced to go upon the music-hall stage owing to the lack of interest the scientists showed in his amazing gift? I am also aware that Professor T. H. Pear of Manchester, together with a group of scientists, carried out a test with Mr. Bux, but would like to know on what authority Mr. Price states that this group of experimenters arrived at the conclusion that the " eyeless sight " phenomenon was just a good trick, as my recollection of the matter is that Professor Pear was not prepared to state any definite conclusions upon the matter.—Yours
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