ched, the
grate and flung it in. While we were all looking at the muslin
dress and wondering that it was neither soiled nor singed, Mr.
Home approached, and in a hurt tone of voice said, 'No, no, you
will not find a mark; did you think that we would hurt your
dress.' Mr. Home then selected a small spray of white flower,
and going to the lamp, he passed it two or three times through
the flame, then carried it to the grate, and held it first in
the flame and then in the smoke above the coals, moving it
gently about. He now brought it back to us, asking us to look at
it and smell it, calling our attention to the fact that the
flower did not smell of smoke, and that it was unchanged by the
heat and flame of lamp and fire. He then bid us notice that his
hand which held the flower smelt of smoke, while the flower
remained uninjured. Then addressing us, he said, 'The spirit now
speaking through Dan, and that has enabled him to show you these
curious fire-tests, in which he hopes you have all felt
interested, is the spirit of an Asiatic fire-worshipper, who was
anxious to come here to-night, as he had heard of seances held
here. He now bids you farewell, as he will return no more.'

"After this Mr. Home awoke.
"BARBARA HONYWOOD."

"I was present at this seance, and can corroborate the truth of
the above statement.

"LINDSAY."[22]
[NOW EARL OF CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES.]

TESTIMONY OF THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN.

Lord Dunraven--then Lord Adare--had a number of sittings with Home. He
printed a small volume--for private circulation only--under the title of
"Experiences in Spiritualism with Mr. D. D. Home." This volume is
exceedingly scarce.

AN INQUIRY BY PROFESSOR W. F. BARRETT, F.R.S., AND MR. F. W. H. MYERS.

In the year 1889, Professor Barrett and Mr. Myers undertook an "Inquiry
into the Evidence for the Mediumship of D. D. Home." They collected the
testimony of a large number of persons who were witnesses of the Home
phenomena, carefully examined its evidential value, and summarised it in
a Joint Report. This was printed in the _Journal_ of the Society for
Psychical Research for July 1889.[23] It is to be regretted that the
Society has not seen its way to publish this Report in a form accessible
to the general public