Chapter III: Introduction: 83

I. ELEMENTARY EXPLANATION 86

II. THE 'FAUNUS' MESSAGE 90

III. SEQUEL TO THE 'FAUNUS' MESSAGE 96

IV. THE GROUP PHOTOGRAPH 105

V. BEGINNING OF HISTORICAL RECORD 117

VI. FIRST SITTING OF O. J. L. WITH MRS. LEONARD 125

VII. FIRST PETERS SITTING (Anonymous) 129

VIII. A TABLE SITTING 137

IX. ATTEMPTS AT STRICTER EVIDENCE 151

X. RECORD CONTINUED 158

XI. FIRST SITTING OF ALEC 162

XII. GENERAL REMARKS ON CONVERSATIONAL REPORTS AND
ON CROSS-CORRESPONDENCES 171

XIII. AN O. J. L. SITTING WITH PETERS 174

XIV. FIRST SITTING OF LIONEL (Anonymous) 180

XV. M. F. A. L. SITTING OF NOVEMBER 26 188

XVI. O. J. L. SITTING OF DECEMBER 3 191

XVII. K. K. AUTOMATIC WRITING 205

XVIII. FIRST SITTING OF ALEC WITH MRS. LEONARD 208

XIX. PRIVATE SITTINGS AT MARIEMONT 217

XX. A FEW MORE RECORDS, WITH SOME UNVERIFIABLE MATTER 226

XXI. TWO EVIDENTIAL SITTINGS OF MARCH 3 237

XXII. MORE UNVERIFIABLE MATTER 262

XXIII. A FEW ISOLATED INCIDENTS 271

PART THREE: LIFE AND DEATH