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S. M. Kingsford introduces psychical research for readers outside the specialist societies that collected and debated its evidence. The book surveys reported phenomena and the methods used to investigate them, drawing repeatedly on the records and discussions of the Society for Psychical Research.
Chapters cover telepathy, clairvoyance, crystal-gazing, mediumship, automatic writing and cross-correspondences. Later discussions consider premonitions, hallucinations, haunted places and poltergeist cases. Individual accounts are placed alongside questions about testimony, interpretation and the relationship between apparently related experiences.
The foreword compares different kinds of certainty and explains why the author believes nonspecialist readers should encounter the evidence directly. Detailed case histories give the survey its substance, including the extended investigation that closes the book. This complete 1920 edition preserves the original chapter order and all of its concluding material.