chiefs, and then distinctly read every card I put into his hand. All at once, it flashed on my mind, perhaps he has confederates in the Hall, the cards may be marked, and thus he knows, and deceives. I as quickly remembered, that I had in my pocket a pocket-book I had that day bought at a stationer's in Cornhill. If he could read that I would then be satisfied. I opened the book at a page which had the introductory head line. He took the book, no one standing near me; the operator being at the opposite end of the platform. The youth rubbed the book on the handkerchief, then pointed with his finger, letter by letter, and read out aloud, "Peacock's Pocket Journal," the very title of the book. I then gave him another page of smaller print which he also read. I thereupon stated to the audience my surprise, and that I had that morning bought the book, and that no human being had seen it since till now. Doubtless there were some there who, not knowing me, might have supposed I was one of the confederates; be that as it may; I was satisfied, and convinced that clairvoyance was a fact. Deeply interested in this newly-discovered power in man, I at once sought out, and obtained, additional evidence from clairvoyants, who visited me; and so thoroughly was I convinced; that under certain conditions, I had implicit confidence in the medical and phrenological examinations made by them of parties living in various parts of the United Kingdom; the portraitures being as clear and well-chiselled, as were the incidents related as the first proof I had of clairvoyance.

One evening, hearing there were examples of the truth of this faculty to be given at the West end-I think the name of the person who gave them was "Massey"-I determined to go. I stepped into a news room for a few minutes, and while there picked off the floor a bill on some subject. I put it in my pocket to use as a test of the alleged power of the person to be exhibited. In due time I went on the platform, and caused a person to hold the paper before the face of the lady, while I closed her eyes with my fingers and hand. She read rapidly and distinctly, as if she were reading it in the usual manner. No doubt being now

see, first, that he is in a fit state to stream his mesmerine into the clairvoyant; and that, as with an astronomer or a microscopist, the lens of his instrument (the clairvoyant) are clear and fit for use. If so, then he can trust fearlessly within the focus of power. Many animals are clairvoyant-dogs, cats, all animals charged with phosphorus, are more or less clairvoyant-they see the lights and forms, the same as human beings; and make known their observations, as well as their powers of understanding, and sign-making allow them; many pages might be occupied with well-authenticated incidents of this clear-seeing power in the lower animals, and of their seeing a class of phenomena we have not touched upon: but which will occupy a considerable portion of our attention. In proportion to the clearness of the eye, and the rarification of the atmosphere; so in proportion can man see objects in the distance clearly and distinctly-so much so, that as before stated' (in page 160) in Eastern mountainous districts, the hills and mountains fifty miles off, come out so clear and well defined, that they appear as if close at hand.

Carry this leading fact in your mind, while pondering over the seeing powers of a clairvoyant; and the impossibility of the past will be the possibility of the present; and the verification of the faculty, will be its evidence in the future.

Artificial clairvoyance can be produced by the aura proceeding from certain kinds of stones or pebbles; and also from certain kinds of herbs and preparations of herbs. As to clairvoyance with stones; I have set one clairvoyant to watch the action of the aura on another; and she stated, that it gradually ascended from the palm of the hand up the arm, clarifying the "greyish threads" (nerves) of the "dark vapour" which seemed to envelope them, and when it reached the root of the nerves in the base of the brain; clairvoyance was the result. I have often tried the power of the aura from stones on persons totally unacquainted with the object I had in view; and drowsiness, sleep, or clairvoyance, have been the results. Many amusing incidents I could relate of my

hunt after "clairvoyant stones" seen by clairvoyants at my house, lying on the roads or in the fields several miles off ;and, when put to sleep near the place, they have, with closed eyes, walked unhesitatingly along narrow ridges of pathways, -as somnambulists are said to do; and at last reached the spot, and pointed with closed eyes to the stone seen in the sleep. Perhaps it may instruct and amuse, to give one instance of stone hunting by a clairvoyant. I was informed, that at a place beyond what was afterwards found to be Croydon; there was a stone of a peculiar kind which she knew by the aura, or "light" shed from it, would be very powerful in curing inflammations, and reducing fever:-that she saw another of the same kind, but not so powerful, in the road leading to Croydon. I determined to have them, and next morning took a cab, and with a gentleman set off-passing through Brixton, and Streatham, to Croydon. When at Streatham, the closedeyed girl saw the stone-we got out, and she pointed to a stone embedded in the pathway. With difficulty we unearthed it, and found it about eight inches long by about five broad, and three thick. Being on the hunt for stones, we picked up several-asserted to be good for curing the diseases she then mentioned. We at length reached the place pointed out for the original stone, and found it larger than the other, but of the same external colour and character as the one picked up at Streatham and, in passing, I may state it was of a kind I had never seen before. We left the cab, and the stones we had procured,—and went up a narrow lane in search of other stones; the clairvoyant with closed eyes leading the way—we went on, and on, twisting and twining about we knew not whither. I found she was like a hound off the scent-I also found that the power of the stones she trod on, as we walked along, marred her powers: none of us knew where we were. Laughing heartily at our position, after resting ourselves, being tired with jumping over ditches, and through hedges and "shaws," or little groups of trees-I cleared the perceptive powers of the girl, with a small pebble I carried with me; and then she appeared delighted. She

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SECTION VIII.

MEMORY.

THE Faculty of Memory, which plays so important a part in the mechanism of man's development, has been very little examined by science; yet it is so interwoven in the mysteries of man's being, that the passing allusions to it in preceding sections have been too few and fitful for the importance of the subject. By a right understanding of the source of its phenomenon, we shall be able to perceive the cause of the strange, and so considered unaccountable manifestations of human power, as displayed in several of the branches of physical and mental energy we have had under our notice, and of others yet to come. A clear perception of what memory is, and how it is produced, will solve many of the most intricate questions which have arisen with regard to man. Doubtless, the explanation given under the section Phrenology, will have been sufficient for some minds; but, as I wish all to understand, I will enter into the subject more fully, and give illustrations.

MEMORY is the faculty of remembering all past events which have happened to, or passed under the visual and perceptive powers of man;-without this faculty, more or less in action, man would be a blank-the events of yesterday would be to him as if they never had transpired-all domestic relations, all business transactions, all perceptive knowledge, would be lost-man would be a mere machine, like the engine machinery of our manufactories; except that the atoms of matter composing the machine would have life, and be susceptible of feeling. In proportion to the power of Memory, so is the knowledge acquired, and the opportunity given, laid hold of for advancing our interests in whatever direction our inclinations may prompt. Memory is the lever of the statesman, the mathematician, the chemist, and the pilot; without Me

mory, Ichabod might be written on the forehead of man. With Memory, he is the "Image of God."

Memory is a faculty to be used; but it may be abused, injured, and destroyed.

To those who have made the phenomena of clairvoyance, second sight, and seership, their study; the total forgetfulness of passing events in which clairvoyants were the chief actors only a few minutes before, has been a wonder, and a puzzle; and but for the known truthfulness of the parties, and the mannerism which involuntarily betrays their sincerity, one would suppose it impossible; but it has its analogy in those persons whose loss of Memory is a source of sorrow to their friends in ordinary life, such persons seem to rouse up a fitful remembrance of you, and will talk a little; but on your absence, your late presence, and the conversation they have had, are all forgotten. On enquiry, you will find that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, those very persons were notorious, among their business fellows, for a powerful memory—that indeed, they almost conducted all their business engagements] by memory, rather than take the trouble of using pen and ink. There must be a reason for this, and that reason we desire to place clearly before our readers as a solution of the phenomenon, and as a warning to those who are abusing this master faculty of man.

Memory is the development of a physical organ in the brain as stated in page 100; and in proportion to its size, so is its power. Every mental faculty in man has a physical organ to produce the result perceived. The power of a telescopic lens depends upon its size, a small lens produces a small result. Some of our readers may have seen in shop-windows a silvered piece of glass, with twelve or more distinct circles ground on its surface; each circle produces a distinct image of the lookeron; and according to its size, so is the size of the image; the rays of light operate on each lens, and concentrate their power to a point-that point gives the image. So is it with the perceptive lens on the external and internal of man's brain. This is beautifully developed by the magnetescope,