(158) " On the 18th of Oct., 1881, I was awakened by hearing myself called twice by an old servant, who was ill in an infirmary in Chelsea. I then heard 'Reggy' (one of the young gentlemen of the house we had lived together in) called once. It was half-past 4, but I could not sleep, so got up and dressed. [Here the later account adds, " I told the housemaid, E. Morris, and we wondered what it meant."] It was impossible for me to go that day to the infirmary, for my present mistress had company; but I went the next day. . . . She had called twice for me and once for 'Reggy' (so the patient in the next bed informed me) and had died at the hour, half-past 4 the morning before - the precise time I had heard myself called. [The later account adds, "I was not dreaming. I never had anything of the kind happen to me before, and she called us so plain."] "E. Stent".

In reply to inquiries, Mrs. Stent says that she has lost sight of E. Morris, and adds: -

"Elizabeth Membrey [the deceased] was my dearest friend, and was more to me than a sister, but was no relation to me - only my dear friend. I think the bond of sympathy was very strong between us; only death could break it. We told our troubles to one another; for years past we did not do anything without talking about it first. Mr. Reggy was the son of the lady where we lived in service together, and she was very fond of him, and he went to the infirmary to see her as often as he could find time".

The medical superintendent of the Chelsea Infirmary writes to us: - "I find that Elizabeth Membrey was in this Infirmary from July 15th until October 18th, 1881, when she died".

In conversation, Mrs. Stent (a sensible and sober-minded witness) said that she marked the time of her experience as 4.30, as she heard the half-hour strike just after she got up, and did not sleep again. In her later written account she said that the porter told her the time of death was 20 minutes to 4. But this seems to have been a slip; as she has found and handed to us a post-card, written to her by Mr. R. W. Craigie (the "Reggy " of the narrative) on the day of the death, as shown by the post-mark - which gives the time as 4.30. Mrs. Stent further mentioned that she was not expecting the death - that her friend had seemed cheerful, and it was thought that she would leave the hospital. She was suffering from an old injury to the base of the skull.

[Case 159 is here omitted.] The next case, from the Additional Chapter, is apparently one of direct reproduction of the agent's sensation. It is from Mr. J. G. F. Russell, of Aden, Aberdeenshire. The agent was a near relative who had been making a long stay with Mr. and Mrs. Russell.

"32, Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.

" December 18th, 1885.

(694) "On Wednesday, December 2nd, 1885, I was woke up at night between 12 p.m. and 2 a.m. (as far as I can recollect), by hearing myself distinctly called from a small passage outside my bedroom door; the voice seemed to come from just outside the door itself. I got up, fearing Mrs. Waller, in the adjoining room, was ill, but, as the calling of my name was no longer repeated, I did not then disturb her. (There is no door of communication between the rooms, the wall is solid, and a gigantic wardrobe is against it.) Next morning I asked her if she had called me during the night; but she declared she had slept 'like a top,' and had never thought of me or anyone else. I did not mention the incident to her sister (who had just left us after a long visit), but she (Mrs. Waller) did, on returning to the country. I enclose what Miss Young wrote to me, solely from her sister mentioning to her my having questioned her. The dates correspond exactly; it was the first night of Mrs. Waller's visit.

"J. G. F. Russell".

The following is the extract from Miss Young's letter to Mr. Russell: -

"I will tell you something that has struck me rather. The two nights my sister was with you in London were very disturbed nights to me; you were continually in my dreams, and one of those nights I found myself sitting up in bed, having woke myself up by calling you loudly by name. When she came back she told me you had asked her one morning whether she had called you in the night, as you had distinctly heard your name. I wish I could remember which night it was. I have an impression it was the first. "Blanche Young".

Mr. Russell (who gave me the account viva voce on December 16th, a fortnight after the occurrence) has explained that the wall between his room and the next is so thick that even a very loud cry in one would be almost inaudible in the other. He has never had such an hallucination on any other occasion.

§ 5. I pass now to the cases where the sense of sight alone was concerned. [159 and 160 are omitted].

The next example is from Miss Barr, of Apsley Town, East Grinstead.

"1884.

(161) "On the night of January -, 1871, I awoke up with the idea that someone was moving by the bedside. I was a little frightened, and I saw the curtain at the side of the bed slightly pulled aside, and a hand, with the back turned towards me, appearing round the curtain. I recognised the ring on the hand as that of my cousin and dear friend [Captain C. M.]. I told my sister in the morning that I had seen a hand,1 wearing a ring, but did not tell her that I had recognised the ring, as I did not care to make too much of the incident. On that day, as we learnt from a letter received a few days afterwards, my cousin died in Canada, from the effect of an accident. "L. Barr".

1 On this fragmentary form of apparition, see Chap, xi., § 4, and p. 392, note.

Mrs. and Miss Harriet Barr also attest with their signatures the fact that the vision was narrated before the news of the death was received.

Miss L. Barr afterwards stated that she thought the death "must have been on or about the 6th of January, 1870"; and we find from the Indian Army List, and from the Times obituary, that it took place on that day, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. She tells us that she has experienced in her life only one other hallucination, which occurred in close connection with a bereavement (see p. 330).

[Cases 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167 here omitted].

The next narrative is of a more uncommon character. There are reasonable grounds, in this instance, for withholding the name of the narrator, Mrs. T., from publicity.

"1883.