An account

4th December, 1883. It may be interesting for special observers to have a record of an extraordinary occurrence which happened about four years ago at my residence, 27, Gloucester Gardens, W. At an afternoon party of ladies and children, among whom were Mrs. Searle, of Home Lodge, Heme Hill, and her little niece, Louise, there was a rather noisy, bustling, and amusing game round a table, when little Louise fell from her chair and hurt herself slightly. The fear of a grave accident caused Mrs. Searle to be very excited, and she fainted. The day after, we met Mr. Searle, who stated that in the afternoon of the preceding day he had been reading important cases in his chambers, No. 6, Pump Court, Temple, when a peculiar feeling overcame him, and he distinctly saw, as it wei-e in a looking-glass, the very image of his wife leaning back in a swoon, which seemed very strange at the moment. By coinparing the time, it was found that this extraordinary vision was produced at the very same instant as the related incident. We often spoke of the case together, and could not find any explanation to completely satisfy our minds ; but we registered this rare fact for which a name is wanted. ' u Paul Pierrard.' Here there was more than the mere representation of the agent; she was represented apparently in the aspect which she actually wore, but in which the percipient had never seen her, and in which she would hardly be consciously picturing herself. We are scarcely driven, however, in this case, to the difficult conception of telepathic clairvoyance set forth in Chapter XII., § 8 ; for it is possible to suppose that the idea of fainting, impressed on Mr. Searle's mind, worked itself out into perception in an appropriate fashion. The stage of visualisation in the next case is particularly interesting. The narrator is Mrs. Taunton, of Brook Vale, Witton, Birmingham. January 15th, 1884. (223) On Thursday evening, 14th November, 1867, I was sitting in the Birmingham Town Hall with my husband at a concert, when there came over me the icy chill which usually accompanies these occurrences.! Almost immediately, I saw with perfect distinctness, between myself and the orchestra, my uncle, Mr. W., lying in bed with an appealing look on his face, like one dying. I had not heard anything of him for several months, and had no reason to think he was ill. The appearance was not transparent or filmy, but perfectly solidlooking; and yet I could somehow see the orchestra, not through, hut behind it. I did not try turning my eyes to see whether the figure moved with them, but looked at it with a fascinated expression that made my husband ask if I was ill. I asked him not to speak to me for a minute or two ; the vision gradually disappeared, and I told my husband, after the concert was over, what I had seen. A letter came shortly after telling of my uncle's death. He died at exactly the time when I saw the vision.