Chapter II: Introduction: xiii

CHAPTER

I. On Certain Unknown Natural Forces 1

II. My First Seances In The Allen Kardec Group, And With
The Mediums Of That Epoch 24

III. My Experiments With Eusapia Paladino 63

IV. Other Seances With Eusapia Paladino 135

V. Frauds, Tricks, Deceptions, Impostures, Feats Of
Legerdemain, Mystifications, Impediments 194

VI. The Experiments Of Count De Gasparin 229

VII. The Researches Of Professor Thury 266

VIII. The Experiments Of The Dialectical Society Of London 289

IX. The Experiments Of Sir William Crookes 306

X. Sundry Experiments And Observations 352

XI. My General Inquiry Respecting Observations Of
Unexplained Phenomena 376

XII. Explanatory Hypotheses--Theories And Doctrines--
Conclusions Of The Author 406

INDEX 455

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Plate I. Complete Levitation of a Table in Professor
Flammarion's Salon through Mediumship of Eusapia
Paladino _Facing page_ 8

Plate II. House of Zoroastre of Jupiter from
Somnambulistic Drawing by Victorien Sardou _After page_ 26

Plate III. Animals' Quarters. House of Zoroastre
of Jupiter from Somnambulistic Drawing by Victorien
Sardou _After page_ 26

Figure 1. The Inclination of the System of Uranus _Page_ 54

Figure 1_a_. Orbits of Satellites of Uranus as Seen
from the Earth _Page_ 56

Plate IV. Plaster Cast of Imprint Made in Putty
without Contact by the Medium Eusapia Paladino _After page_ 76

Plate V. Eusapia Paladino, Showing Resemblance to
the Imprint in Putty _After page_ 76

Plate VI. Photographs Taken by M. G. de Fontenay of
an Experiment in Table Levitation _Facing page_ 82

Plate VII. Plaster Casts of Impressions in Clay
Produced by an Unknown Force _Facing page_ 138

Plate VIII. Drawing from Photograph, Showing Method
of Control by Professors Lombroso and Richet of
Eusapia. Table Completely Raised _Facing page_ 154

Plate IX. Photographs of Levitation of Table
Accompanying Colonel De Rochas' Report _Facing page_ 174

Plate X. Scales Used in Professor Flammarion's
Experiments _Facing page_ 200

Plate XI. Method Used by Eusapia to Surreptitiously
Free her Hand _Facing page_ 206

Plate XII. Cage of Copper Wire, Electrically Charged,
Used by Professor Crookes in the Home Accordion
Experiment _Facing page_ 308

Figure 3. Board and Scale Experiment of Sir William
Crookes _Page_ 312

Figures 4 and 5. Instruments Used in Scale Experiment
by Sir William Crookes _Page_ 5

Figure 6. Glass Vessel Used by Home _Page_ 318

Figure 7. Automatically Registered Chart of Unknown
Force Generated by Mr. Home _Page_ 317

Figures 8, 9, 10. Charts from Sir William Crookes
Instruments Used in Experiments with Mr. Home _Page_ 321

Figures 11 and 12. Third Instrument Devised by Sir
William Crookes for Recording Automatically the
Unknown Force Generated by Home _Page_ 322

Figure 13. Charts Made by Third Instrument _Page_ 323

Figures 14 and 15. Charts Made by Third Instrument _Page_ 324

Plate XIII. Instantaneous Photograph Taken by M. de
Fontenay of Table Levitation Produced by the Medium
Auguste Politi _Facing page_ 368