The lady, Miss T., who had a cancer, was my aunt. The account of her sickness and death are correctly given you by my husband, but I saw no writing, although my husband told me at the time he had written something concerning her, and he stated that it was written that she would die and told when. I do not recall the time set, but I recollect her death occurred at the time predicted.

I recollect the time referred to when our son--was sick. I saw my husband doing some writing on that occasion, and it was written to go and get Dr. T. The account as written out for you by my husband is, as I recollect it, true in every respect.

Concerning the accident of Christmas Eve, I remember that on Christmas Day, after we heard of the accident, my husband did some writing. He said he had inquired as to Mr. E.'s condition, etc, and that it was written that E. would die, that he was internally and dangerously injured. On the next day the answers that he received as to Mr. E.'s condition were to the same effect. The telegrams received during the same time indicated that he would recover - one reported him out of danger. E. died about nine on the night of the 26th.

I have known my husband to write out correctly quite a good many things that were out of the knowledge of ordinary persons, but of the circumstances which he has given to you I do not now recall anything further.

[Mrs. W].

January 29th, 1892.

Dr. Richard Hodgson, - Dear Sir, - I recollect the occasion referred to by Mr. W. I think it was about five years ago. We were alone; he spoke of the queer writing he was doing. After some talk on the subject Mr. W. consented to try his skill. I inquired what spirits were present, and Mr. W.'s hand wrote that my wife was. I inquired for her name, and he wrote Adelia O. B., which was correct. I also inquired [when] she died, and where and under what circumstances, and I asked for a description of her. Mr. W. wrote out answers to all the questions as I asked them. As I recall it, I asked most of the questions by thinking. He wrote that she died of heart disease, and the date of her death was correctly given, as was also her personal appearance. And it was written that she died in bed with me; that the first I knew of her death was when I awoke in the morning. He also wrote that there was a large scar near the knee on the left leg.

I recollect that the answers were correct, although I don't recollect all the words used, perhaps. I am very certain that Mr. W. did not know anything about my wife. I had not lived within twenty miles of him, neither had I known him until several years after the death of my wife. It puzzled me how he was able to answer as he did, as I have no reason to think he had any knowledge on the subject. I will add that the height, colour of eyes and hair, and the entire personal description given were exceedingly exact and correct.

Mr. W. also wrote on that occasion what purported to come from an old friend of mine - that he went fishing with me to Lake Ontario, that I tipped the boat over near shore and got him wet. This was true, but I hadn't thought of it in a long time. Mr. W. never heard of it, I am confident, until he wrote it out. S. H. Britton.

As soon as Mr. Britton called my attention to the tipping over of the boat I recalled that I wrote about it at the time. W.

Mr. W. adds later:-

New York, February 4th, 1892.

I began my automatic writing with my left hand, and have ever since been able to write in that manner with my left hand, but I am naturally right-handed, and I can write more rapidly and readily with my right hand, although the ideas expressed, etc, are of as high an order, as far as I have observed, when written with one hand as when written with the other.

In automatic work, when the mechanical ability to form letters is not required, as, for instance, in running the hand down an index, I find my left hand is fully the equal of my right. Perhaps I should state that I met with a serious injury to my right hand many years ago, by which I lost the two first fingers and greatly crippled my hand otherwise.

The reason that I did my first automatic writing with my left hand was that the planchette directed me to do so. I wrote a day or two with my left hand, and then I tried my right, and since that I have generally written with my right. I can write some slowly in the natural manner with my left hand, but have never done so but very little. The special point I wish to call attention to vol. II. M is, that the ideas automatically written are of as high an order, written with one hand, as with the other. . . .

Another experience of Mr. W.'s is given in 873 A.

It is plain that if we admit that departed spirits can still see and judge of earthly matters, and can impress their knowledge on incarnate minds, we should have a single explanation which would cover all Mr. W.'s experiences as here recorded. It is to be noted, moreover, that the premonitions, of which he gives several instances, are such as might fall within the scope of a discarnate spirit, with intelligence comparable with our own, but able to examine certain diseased organisms more thoroughly than any earthly physician could do. This, it may be observed, was not the case with the premonitions given to Lady Mabel Howard (851 A), which involved a complexity of incident which looks as though it must lie beyond the calculation of an intelligence like our own, however fully informed of existing circumstances.