TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Text in italics is shown in _underscores_. Footnotes have been moved to the end of the book. A detailed list of changes made to the text can be found at the end. HOW TO THOUGHT-READ: _A MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION_ IN THE STRANGE AND MYSTIC IN DAILY LIFE, PSYCHIC PHENOMENA, INCLUDING _Hypnotic, Mesmeric, and Psychic States, Mind and Muscle Reading, Thought Transference, Psychometry, Clairvoyance, and Phenomenal Spiritualism_. BY JAMES COATES, Ph.D., F.A.S., _Lecturer on Mental Science and Hygiene, Author of “How to Mesmerise,” “How to Read Heads,” “How to Read Faces,” “The Social Problem,” “The Antiquity of Man,” etc. etc._ PRICE ONE SHILLING. LONDON: HAY NISBET & CO., 169, FLEET STREET. GLASGOW: 25 JAMAICA STREET. 1893. HAY NISBET AND CO., 26 JAMAICA STREET, GLASGOW, AND 169, FLEET STREET, LONDON. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction, 5 Chapter I.--Somnambulism and Psychic Phenomena, 9 The Hypnotic, Mesmeric, and the Psychic States. Hypnotism a Curative Agent; the Sixth Sense; Dreams, Premonitions; Double and Psychic Consciousness. Evidences of the Soul within us. Chapter II.--Clairvoyance, 23 Psychoscopy, or Soul Sight. Spiritual Faculty, exhibited by religious ecstatics, not a common possession. How Cultivated. The Opinions and Evidence of Men of Science. Second Sight. The Utility of Soul-Sight. Chapter III.--Clairvoyance Illustrated, 33 Classified. Strange Story of the Chicago Water Supply. Lost Goods Restored. An Aid to the Physician. Experiments in Rothesay. Remarkable Clairvoyants. Clairvoyance in Mesmerism and in Spiritualism. Chapter IV.--Psychometry, 53 Soul-Measuring and Soul-Measurers. Dr. Buchanan’s Discoveries. Professor Denton’s Experiments. Detective’s Clues; what Psychometry can do. Testimony of Mr. Stead and the Rev. Minot J. Savage. Disease Detected, and Character Gauged by this Faculty. Chapter V.--Thought-Transference and Telepathy, 69 Explained and Defined. Transference of Taste in Mesmerism. Thought-Transference, in Dreams, from the Dying to the Living; the Dead to the Living; in Prayer; in ordinary Experience. Incidents and Experiences, etc. Mark Twain, Hudson Tuttle, and Dr. Hilden. Chapter VI.--Thought-Reading Experiments, 88 Thought and Muscle-Reading Distinguished. Projecting Mental Pictures. Normal Experiments, without contact, by Professor Lodge, Mr. Guthrie, and Professor Barrett. Some Practical Suggestions. Muscle-Reading Entertainments. Directions. Chapter VII.--Spiritualism, 102