Produced by Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net _THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES._ EDITED BY HAVELOCK ELLIS. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE: _AN EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE FOR TELEPATHY_. BY FRANK PODMORE, M.A. _WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS._ LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LTD., 24 WARWICK LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1894. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 Position of the subject--Founding of the Society for Psychical Research--Definition of telepathy--General difficulties of the inquiry--Special sources of error--Fraud--Hyperæsthesia--Muscle-reading--Thought-forms and number-habit. CHAPTER II. EXPERIMENTAL TRANSFERENCE OF SIMPLE SENSATIONS IN THE NORMAL STATE 18 Transference of Tastes--Of pain, by Mr. M. Guthrie and others--Of sounds--Of ideas not definitely classed, by Professor Richet, the American Society for Psychical Research, Dr. Ochorowicz--Transference of visual images, by Dr. Blair Thaw, Mr. Guthrie, Professor Oliver Lodge, Herr Max Dessoir, Herr Schmoll, Dr. von Schrenck-Notzing, and others. CHAPTER III. EXPERIMENTAL TRANSFERENCE OF SIMPLE SENSATIONS WITH HYPNOTISED PERCIPIENTS 58 Transference of tastes, by Dr. Azam--Of pain, by Edmund Gurney--Of visual images, by Dr. Liébeault, Professor and Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Dr. Gibotteau, Dr. Blair Thaw. CHAPTER IV. EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF MOVEMENTS AND OTHER EFFECTS 82 Inhibition of action by silent willing, by Edmund Gurney, Professor Barrett, and others--Origination of action by silent willing, by Dr. Blair Thaw, M. J. H. P., and others--Planchette-writing, by Rev. P. H. Newnham, Mr. R. H. Buttemer--Table-tilting, by the Author, by Professor Richet--Production of local anæsthesia, by Edmund Gurney, Mrs. H. Sidgwick. CHAPTER V. EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF TELEPATHIC EFFECTS AT A DISTANCE 105 Induction of sleep, by Dr. Gibert and Professor Janet, Professor Richet, Dr. Dufay--Of hysteria and other effects, by Dr. Tolosa-Latour, M. J. H. P.--Transference of ideas of sound, by Miss X., M. J. Ch. Roux--Of visual images, by Miss Campbell, M. Léon Hennique, Mr. Kirk, Dr. Gibotteau. CHAPTER VI. GENERAL CRITICISM OF THE EVIDENCE FOR SPONTANEOUS THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE 143 On chance coincidence--Misrepresentation--Errors of observation--Errors of inference--Errors of narration--Errors of memory--"Pseudo-presentiment"--Precautions against error--"Where are the letters?"--The spontaneous cases as a true natural group. CHAPTER VII. TRANSFERENCE OF IDEAS AND EMOTIONS 161