num_pages: 460
description: Excerpt from Studies in SpiritismWhen I entered upon the study of the work of the Psychical Research Society it was in my capacity of special assistant to Dr. G. Stanley Hall in his investigation of Spir itism, and not with the expectation of publishing anything of my own. But as the work progressed, and as it became evident that Dr. Hall's other writings and duties would make it impossible for him to publish anything on this subject for some time to come, it seemed best that I should take the work in hand myself, because now seems to be the psychological moment to present the reverse side of the case of Spiritism. Though my name is appended to the book, and though I am responsible alone for my opinions, I lie, therefore, under the greatest obligations to Dr. Hall, not only for his encouragement, but for the Opportunity to have sittings with Mrs. Piper, and for the unpublished manuscripts of his which have been at my disposal, to say nothing of the extensive citations from his notes which ap pear in the book, and of his Introduction.
language: English
title: Studies in Spiritism
publisher: Forgotten Books