Excerpt from Nineteenth Century Sense: The Paradox of Spiritualism It is assuredly to be premised that, as unspiritual people are concerned, the occult would seem to have no way of making its existence recognized save by manifestations to the senses. Shall a man not believe that he sees what he sees, or may he doubt that he has heard what he has heard? It is to be accepted that the records here made have been put down with regard to closeness and accuracy of detail after the most careful manner at the com mand of the writer. It is also desired to lay emphasis on the fact that common sense, or, to better express this, the common senses, were exercised to the utmost extent of their vigilance to detect and explain the presence and nature of the mysterious agency at work in the manifestations described. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.