When I returned home in the afternoon, as I did early for the purpose of dressing, and proceeded to shave, I took up a piece of paper from my dressing table to wipe my razor, and you may imagine my surprise, at finding thereon the very memorandum I fancied had been made during the previous night The effect on me was such that I returned to our office and turned to the cash - book when I found that I had really, when asleep, detected the error which I could not detect in my waking hours, and had actually jotted it down at the time.

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"I have no recollection whatever, as to where I obtained the writing materials, or rather paper and pencil, with which I made the memorandum referred to. It certainly must have been written in the dark, and in my bedroom, as I found both paper and pencil there the following afternoon, and could not for a long time understand anything about it. The pencil was not one which I am in the habit of carrying, and my impression is that I must have either found it accidentally in the room, or gone downstairs for it

"C J. E.

"P.S. - I may add that, on a former occasion, nearly a similar occurrence took place; with, how ever, this difference, that I awoke at the conclusion of the dream and was perfectly aware when certainly awake of having made the memorandum at that time. This, however, was not the case in the occurrence I have above detailed. Should you be likely to print the above, please let it appear with initials only, as, although I would corroborate it to any one wishing for a personal satisfaction by inquiry, I have no desire to see my name in type: it might also be prejudicial to me."

The two cases of Mr. Peterson's which I shall next quote have some resemblance to Dr. Daveys, although the percipient, who is a strong believer in spiritual intercourse, would certainly not interpret them in the same way. The length of time, however, which elapsed between the incidents and the record must be credited with its usual effect of blurring the accuracy of details; and it is conceivable that some clue, now forgotten, may have supplied the dream - self with a basis on which to work.

From Mr. A. T. T. Peterson, Arnwood Towers, Lymington:-

" 11thFebruary, 1884.

"I am deeply interested in coal mines in Bengal. Early in 1876 I was out there investigating matters connected with a large deficiency in the cash account. There was no means of getting at the truth. One evening I was sitting in an easy chair, a little before sunset, under the shade of a tree, opposite the bungalow where I was staying, and I fell asleep, my brain being full of perplexity as to which account was correct In my sleep I fancied I heard some one say, 'Ask Baboo So-and-So'. This name remained on my memory when I awoke, and I put it down on paper. When my head confidential native came to me an hour or two afterwards, I asked who was Baboo So-and-So, and I was told that he had been in the service of several gentlemen named, during the previous ten years, and was then the head Baboo to a friend named. Some days after this I sent for the native, and managed to get information which led me to discover written evidence which satisfied my mind as to whose head the cap fitted."

In answer to inquiries, Mr. Peterson adds:- "In answer to your remark as to the Baboo's name, I knew there was such a person, but I had neither seen nor heard of him for ten years, and I do not think I had ever spoken to him twice in my life. He was in no way connected with the object 1 had in view, although he gave collateral evidence that led to the object

"A. T. T. P."

This opens out a very large field on which we might well dwell longer did our space permit But indeed many volumes could be written on so interesting a subject. It is all a great mystery to us who know so little, so very little of the great unknowable. But surely, as was remarked before, we must put"coincidence" aside. The more we strive to know, the more it is forced upon our minds how incapable we are of grasping one smallest quota of the infinite

Who are we to say "thus far shalt thou go and no farther"? Who are we to say "this cannot be so because I know nothing of it"?

It was Pascal, who understood human nature as well as most of us, that wrote: "There is enough light for those who wish to see, and enough darkness for those who are of a contrary disposition".