It is generally, but not always inimically disposed towards man. One type of it, viz., the gnome, pixie, &c., avoid humanity as much as possible; other types are merely mischievous, delighting to frighten children by visiting their nurseries or pouncing out upon them when at play in some deserted building or lonely by-road; whilst other species are wholly evil, generating bacilli of foul diseases or urging man to the commission of vicious acts and crime. Their origin I reserve for another volume. GHOST. The general name for phantasms, &c. HALLUCINATION. Any supposed sensory perception that has no objective counterpart within field of vision, hearing, &c. CLAIRVOYANCE. The faculty or art of perceiving some distant scene as though an actual eye-witness. A clairvoyant is often able to describe (unconsciously) what he is witnessing. DELUSION. Fancy. When one imagines one sees or hears something and it exists ONLY in imagination. Hallucinations are either delusive, when there is nothing to which they correspond in the objective world, or veridical, when they correspond with events taking place somewhere. ILLUSION. Misinterpretation of some object actually present to the sight, as, for example, when a cloak hanging on a peg is mistaken for a man, or a ringing in the ears for sounds of bells. METETHERICAL WORLD. The world beyond the ether, synonyms--spiritual, superphysical. PHANTASM. A ghost. Any occult phenomenon that is either visual or auditory as distinct from a phantom which is only visual: or, indeed, any superphysical presence that conveys the impression of touch, smell, &c. SUGGESTION. Process of impressing upon a person’s intelligence or mind the thoughts and wishes of another intelligence or mind; or ideas engendered by the appearance of certain localities, furniture, &c., or simply by the atmosphere. Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London Transcriber’s note Text in italics was surrounded with _underscores_, and text in small capitals was changed to all capitals. Footnotes were placed after the paragraph they refer to. Small errors in punctuation were corrected without note. Also the following changes were made, on page 32 “or” changed to “for” (Nor was I mistaken, for, on putting) 34 “momentory” changed to “momentary” (in momentary terror of some fresh phenomenon) 47 “stifly” changed to “stiffly” (he said, bowing stiffly) 89 “nighfall” changed to “nightfall” (a very wide berth after nightfall) 94 “give” changed to “gave” (parents who gave him a liberal education) 117 ? changed to ! (they improvised an oven in the earth and ate it!) 146 “stool” changed to “stood” (lane in which the haunted elm stood) 149 “suprising” changed to “surprising” (it is not surprising that they are now).