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SDirituaI Phenomena.

Some time since we published an extended
resume of the mediumistic career, to date, OF
Mss Florence Cook, of London, England.
We at that time instanced the excitement
caused with regard to her by the Volckman
episode, and gave extracts from the letter of
the distinguished British sapdn, Professor
Crookes, wherein he promised to re-
port to the public the results of the scien
tie experiments which he was about to
make, in order to verify or disprove the
claims of the medium and Katie" Last
week we presented the testimony of Protes-
sor Varley, the celebrated electrician, and we
now take pleasure in transferring to our col
umns the following letter from Professor
Crookes-the same appearing in the columns
of the Spiritualist from April 3d-in which
the most indubitable proof as to the genuine
ness of the naturalization is adduced:
In letter that l wrote to this jolrnal ear
ly in February last, speaking of the phenom-
ena of spirit from what have appeared
through Miss Cooks medumship, / said,
'sLet those who are inclined to judge Miss
Cook harshly, suspend their jud .ment until
bring forward positive evidence which think
will be sufficient to settle the question. Miss
Cook is now deyoting herself exclusively 10
ser es of private seances with me and one or
two friends. Enough has taken
place to thoroughly convince me of the per-
feet truth and honesty of Miss Cook and to
give me every reason to expect that the prom
ises so freely made to me by Katie will be
kept"
In that letter described an incident which
TO my mind went very far toward convincing
me that Katie and Miss Cook were two sep
arate material beings. When Katie was
outside the cabinet standing before me, /
heard a ploanng noise from Miss Cook in
the cabinet. am happy to say that have
at last obtained the absolute proof to
which referred in the above quoted letter.
will, r the present, pass over most of
the tests which Kate has given me on the
many occasions when Miss Cook has favored
me with seances at this house, and will only
describe one or two which | have recently
had l have Tor some time past been expert
menting with phospho us lamp, consisting
of six or eight ounce bottle containing a
little phosphorized oil, and tightly corked.
have had reason to hope that by the light of
this lamp scme of the mysterious phenomena
of the ibinet might be rendered visible, and
Kate has also expressed herself hopefully as
to the same result.
On Ma ch II, during a seance here, after
Katie had been walking amongst us and talS-
ing for some time, she retreated behind the
curtain which separated my laboratory, where
| the company were sitting, from my library,
which did temporary duty as cabinet. In a
| minute sue came TO the curtain ana called me
| to her. saving. ssCome into the room and lift
my mediums head up; she has slipped down.
Katie was then standing before me, clothed
| in her usual white robes and turban head
Cress. Immediately walked into the hbraIy
up to Miss Cook, Katie stepping aside to al
low me to paas. l found Miss Cook had
slipped partially off the sofa and her head was
hanging in very awkward position. lifted
her ON to the sofa, and, in SO doing, had sat