s I
read it,--I did not speak,--'Were it possible, I should feel sure
she had written this.' I then said, as though speaking to her,
'Will you not give me your name?' It was given, both maiden and
married name. I then began a conversation lasting over an hour,
which seemed as real as any I ever have with my friends. She told
me of her children, of her sisters. We talked over the events of
boyhood and girlhood. I asked her if she remembered a book we used
to read together, and she gave me the author's name. I asked again
if she remembered the particular poem we were both specially fond
of, and she named it at once. In the letter that was written, and
in much of the conversation, there were apparent hints of
identity, little touches and peculiarities that would mean much to
an acquaintance, but nothing to a stranger. I could not but be
much impressed. Now in this case, I know that the psychic never
knew of this person's existence, and of course not of our
acquaintance."

Mr. Savage then mentions cases which he calls still more inexplicable,
because the information conveyed was not known either to the psychic
(which seems to be the new name for medium) or to himself. He says:--

"But one more case dare I take the space for, though the budget is
only opened. This one did not happen to me, but it is so hedged
about and checked off, that its evidential value in a scientific
way is absolutely perfect. The names of some of the parties
concerned _would be recognized in two hemispheres_. A lady and
gentleman visited a psychic. The gentleman was the lady's
brother-in-law. The lady had an aunt who was ill in a city two or
three hundred miles away. When the psychic had become entranced,
the lady asked her if she had any impression as to the condition
of her aunt. The reply was, 'No.' But before the sitting was over,
the psychic exclaimed, 'Why, your aunt is here! She has already
passed away.' 'This cannot be true,' said the lady; 'there must be
a mistake. If she had died, they would have telegraphed us
immediately.' 'But,' the psychic insisted, 'she is here. And she
explains that she died about two o'clock this morning. She also
says that a telegram has been sent, and you will find it at the
house on your return.'

"Here seemed a clear case for a test. So while the lady started
for her