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Arthur Conan Doyle recounts his American lecture tour devoted to Spiritualism, combining travel observations with reports of séances, meetings with mediums and public debates about psychic phenomena. The journey takes him through New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Toronto and other cities.
The narrative describes his lectures on spirit photography and religious belief, newspaper interviews, encounters with stage magicians and his correspondence with Harry Houdini. Family travel and observations of American daily life run alongside the tour's central concern with mediumship and survival after death.
This complete 1923 George H. Doran edition retains Doyle's portrait and original chapter structure. It offers his own account of the people, events and arguments encountered during the tour.