"It was as follows: He was called in the course of business into a
part of London quite new to him, and as he walked along the street he
noticed to himself that he had never been there; but on being shown
into a room in a house where he had to wait some time, he immediately
fancied that it was all familiar, that he had seen it before, 'and if
so,' said he to himself, 'there is a very peculiar knot in this
shutter'. He opened the shutter and found the knot. 'Now then,'
thought he, 'here is something I cannot explain on my principles!'"
Indeed the occurrence is not very explicable on any principles, as a
detail not visible without search was sought and verified, and that by
a habitual mocker at anything out of the common way. For example,
Hone published a comic explanation, correct or not, of the famous
Stockwell mystery.
Supposing Hone's story to be true, it naturally conducts us to yet
more unfamiliar, and therefore less credible dreams, in which the
unknown past, present, or future is correctly revealed.
CHAPTER II
Veracious Dreams. Past, Present and Future unknown Events "revealed".
Theory of "Mental Telegraphy" or "Telepathy" fails to meet Dreams of
the unknowable Future. Dreams of unrecorded Past, how alone they can
be corroborated. Queen Mary's Jewels. Story from Brierre de
Boismont. Mr. Williams's Dream before Mr. Perceval's Murder.
Discrepancies of Evidence. Curious Story of Bude Kirk. Mr.
Williams's Version. Dream of a Rattlesnake. Discrepancies. Dream of
the Red Lamp. "Illusions Hypnagogiques." The Scar in the Moustache.
Dream of the Future. The Coral Sprigs. Anglo-Saxon Indifference. A
Celtic Dream. The Satin Slippers. Waking Dreams. The Dead Shopman.
Dreams in Swoons.
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