6 MAY 1911, Page 15

PHANTASMS OF THE LIVING.—AN EXPLANATION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I be allowed to refer to " Vectensis's " letter in your last week's issue P The explanation of escapes from accident such as he described is to be found, as I remember reading, in the extraordinary power of the human chest in-

flated to resist pressure.—I am, Sir, &c., W. E. H.