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Arthur Conan Doyle
The Case for Spirit Photography
With corroborative evidence by experienced researchers and photographers
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664647658
Table of Contents
THE CASE FOR SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER II SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER III EVIDENTIAL TESTS AND THEIR RESULTS
CHAPTER IV AN EXAMINATION OF MR. HOPE AND HIS CRITICS
CHAPTER V FURTHER DIFFICULTIES CONSIDERED
CHAPTER VI THE ATTACK ON MRS. DEANE AND MR. VEARNCOMBE
CHAPTER VII THE GENESIS AND HISTORY OF THE CREWE CIRCLE
CHAPTER VIII EVIDENTIAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF PSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER IX CONCLUSIVE PROOF FROM MANY SOURCES
The Evidence of GEORGE H. LETHEM, ESQ., JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW
The Evidence of W. G. MITCHELL, ESQ., OF DARLINGTON
An Account by J. WILLIAMS, ESQ., PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST, OF THE PORTLAND STUDIO, RHYL
Proof from MRS. E. PICKUP, OF 40, WATERLOO ROAD, BURNLEY, LANCS.
From MRS. RISKER, LATE OF DARLASTON
An Expression of Opinion from LADY GREY OF FALLODEN
The Evidence of H. BLACKWELL, ESQ., A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE S.S.S.P.
The Testimony of W. C. PUGH, ESQ., OF MIDDLESBROUGH
An Account by MRS. MARGARET ELLINOR
The Testimony of JAS. P. SKELTON, ESQ., OF BELFAST
The Evidence of MRS. ELLEN JONES, OF KEMPSTON
The Testimony of F. J. TWELVES, ESQ., OF MANCHESTER
The Testimony of ALDERMAN W. WHITEFIELD, J.P., OF BRISTOL
An Account of MRS. D. HARTWELL, OF NORTHAMPTON
An Account by MRS. R. FOULDS, OF SHEFFIELD
From C. DOVE, ESQ., OF SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
The Evidence of MRS. A. ELIZABETH GRIERE, OF DUNFERMLINE
The Evidence of E. W. LEE, ESQ., OF SHANKLIN, ISLE OF WIGHT
The Evidence of R. S. HIPWOOD, ESQ., OF SUNDERLAND
From LEWIS CHILDS, ESQ., OF SHEFFIELD
An Account by MRS. A. A. PEARS, OF COVENTRY
PREFACE
The publicity given to the recent attacks on Psychic Photography has been out of all proportion to their scientific value as evidence. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle returned to Great Britain, after his successful tour in America, the controversy was in full swing. With characteristic promptitude he immediately decided to meet these negative attacks by a positive counter-attack, and this volume is the outcome of that decision.
We have used the term “Spirit Photography” on the title-page as being the popular name by which these phenomena are known. This does not imply that either Sir Arthur or I imagine that everything supernormal must be of spirit origin. There is, undoubtedly, a broad borderland where these photographic effects may be produced from forces contained within ourselves. This merges into those higher phenomena of which many cases are here described. Those desiring fuller information on this subject are referred to “Photographing the Invisible,” by James Coates.
It was only when editing the matter for these pages that I fully