So convincing are the statements of Dr. Lefebvre, who never descends into the advocate or mistakes his own theories for facts, that the case he narrates has been accepted in good faith, and republished within the present year by two of the leading journals[54] of this country and England. In one of these, Dr. Day, of London, discusses the probable cause of the phenomena with considerable liberality, while the learned Clymer contents himself with reporting the extraordinary facts. [45] It is scarcely necessary to explain to Catholic readers that this expression is applied to the marks of the five wounds upon our Lord’s body, as described in the Gospel, and illustrated in all representations of the crucifixion. [46] Among others, White’s _Life and Writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg_. 1867. [47] _Observations, etc., upon Insanity._ London. 1806. Cited by Clymer. [48] See among others, Salvatori’s _Life of Veronico Giuliani_, pp. 100-108, and the exhaustive _Christliche Mystik_ of Görres, in which is given a full account of Maria Mörl, the “Ecstatic of the Tyrol.” [49] _Louise Lateau de Bois d’Haine: sa Vie; ses Extases; ses Stigmates. Etude Médicale._ Par le Dr. F. Lefebvre, Professeur de Pathologie Générale et de Thérapeutique. Louvain. 1870. 12mo, pp. 360. [50] For the unprofessional reader, it may be proper to state that this point is just external to the usual position of the apex of the heart. [51] The thin, transparent membrane that covers the eyeball, and is reflected upon the inner surface of the lids. It is one of the most delicate and sensitive portions of the body. [52] This test is often applied for the detection of feigned convulsions, etc., by criminals and other malingerers; its efficacy will be appreciated by any one who has tried to hold the poles of a powerful battery. [53] That is, from July, 1868, to April, 1870, when Dr. Lefebvre’s book was published. In a subsequent letter dated January 13, 1871, to Dr. Day, of London, he states that her condition is in all respects unchanged. [54] _The Journal of Psychological Medicine_, New York, Oct., 1870. _Macmillan’s Magazine_, London, April, 1871. ---------- THE LEGENDS OF OISIN, BARD OF ERIN. 185 BY AUBREY DE VERE. INTRODUCTORY.