Produced by Anne Storer, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Note: Inconsistency between TOC and Chapter headings have been retained as in the original. SEEN AND UNSEEN BY E. KATHARINE BATES NEW YORK DODGE PUBLISHING COMPANY 214-220 EAST 23RD STREET 1908 _First Published July 1907_ _Second Impression October 1907_ _Third Impression March 1908_ ---------- _Popular Edition 1908_ To C. E. B. IN MEMORY OF ONE WHO LOVED AND SUFFERED AND IN THE SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF A JOYFUL MEETING WITH HIM, AND WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE CROSSED THE BAR CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION ix I. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS 1 II. INVESTIGATIONS IN AMERICA, 1885-1886 13 III. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 49 IV. HONG KONG, ALASKA, AND NEW YORK 71 V. INDIA, 1890-1891 80 VI. SWEDEN AND RUSSIA, 1892 97 AN INTERLUDE 129 VII. LADY CAITHNESS AND THE AVENUE WAGRAM 144 VIII. FROM OXFORD TO WIMBLEDON 161 IX. 1896, HAUNTINGS BY THE LIVING AND THE DEAD 176 X. FURTHER EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA 195 XI. A HAUNTED CASTLE IN IRELAND 218 XII. 1900-1901, ODDS AND ENDS 232 XIII. 1903, A SECOND VISIT TO INDIA 260 XIV. A FAMILY PORTRAIT AND PSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPHY 274 APPENDIX 298 INTRODUCTION Many years ago, whilst living at Oxford, I was invited by a very old friend, who had recently taken his degree, to a river picnic; with Nuneham, I think, as its alleged object. Unfortunately, the day proved unfavourable, and we returned in open boats, also with open umbrellas; a generally drenched and bedraggled appearance, and nothing to cheer us on the physical plane except a quantity of iced coffee which had been ordered in anticipation of a tropical day.