Academy of Sciences, its scepticism xvi,19, investigates Angelica Cottin,224et seq.Acoustic Mediumistic Phenomena,—Cases of,71,73,89,96,112,121,144,163,167,183,274,292,299,369,373,374,378,380.Aksakof, Alexander,63,151,178;cited,55,66,188,435;his account of alleged spirit communication regarding satellites of Uranus,50-52.Albert the Great,xxi.Alcofribaz Nazier, anagram signature of Rabelais,q.v.Alterations in weight of bodies in mediumistic phenomena (including variations in scales without contact),88,153,173,199,354,413,414.Animism vs. Spiritism,187et seq.Antoniadi, M., report on E. Paladino,109-111.Apparitions,419.See also,Materializations.Apports (objects brought in from outside the séance room),99,112,186,187,292,373,378,380.Arago,178;investigates Angelica Cottin,223;alleged spirit communication from,389.Aristotle, quoted,450.Armelin G., report on E. Paladino,103-109.Ascensi M.,143.Astral body,166.Astronomical discoveries,xvi.Automatic writing and drawing, theories of,26-30,58et seq.;—methods of,28;by Victorien Sardou,25,46;—by Camille Flammarion,26,47-49;reflect the thoughts of the experimenter,49et seq.;by children,274;other cases,384-387.Azam, Dr.,141;—— Felida's case,59.Babinet, M.,266;report on Angelica Cottin,224-227;de Gasparin's criticisms of,260-265.Baclé, Louis ("Louis Elbé"),368.Baschet, Réné,34,98,101,103,128;arms partial materialization,131.Basilewska, M. and Mme.,98,101.Bianchi, M.,147.Binet, Alfred,188.Bisschofsheim, Mme.,101.Blech family, hold sittings with E. Paladino,63-84,173.Bloch, Andre,84,93,101.Bois, Jules,84,103,128,203.Boisseaux, Mme.,173.Boissier, Edmond,27.Bourrer, M.,141.Boutigny, M.,114.Brédif, C., medium,196.Brisson, Adolphe,95,98,101,103,114,128,200,203;report on E. Paladino.Brisson, Mme. A.,93,95,101,103,114.Buffern, Prof.,151.Buguet, medium,196.Burot,141.Cactoni, M. and Mme.,368.Calonne,xvi.Castex-Dégrange, M.,437;reports of mediumistic phenomena,381-393.Charcot, Dr.,4.Chardon, Dr. Beaumont, notes on Angelica Cottin,223.Chevigny, Countess de,101.Chevreul, M.,266.Chiaia, Prof. E., first obtains impressions in clay through Paladino,78;challenges Lombroso to investigate Paladino,136.Cicero, quoted,450.Claretie, Jules,45,98;report on E. Paladino,98-101.Coleman, Benjamin,334.Cook, Florence, medium (afterwards Mrs. Elgie Corner), remarkable case of materialization,334;investigated by Crookes,335-347.Cottin, Angelica, the Electric Girl,219;Dr. Tanchou's report of,220-222;notes of M. Hebert,222;Dr. Beaumont Chardon,223;Academy of Sciences investigates,224-227.Coues, Dr. and Mrs. Elliott; report on mediumistic phenomena,401-405.Crookes, Sir William,65,121,196,297,305,358;his experiments in psychical research,306-347;his mechanical contrivances for testing such phenomena,308,318,319,322,323;his views in 1898,347-351;his theory regarding such phenomena,408.Crystal vision,292.Cumberlandism,171.Curie, Pierre,360.Daguerre, an anecdote of,11.Dariex, Dr.,63,173,218,368;cited,3,210;his opinion of fraud in mediums,203-205.D'Arsouval, Prof.,360.Darkness as a factor in psychical phenomena,10-13,68,89.Davenport Brothers, the,xi,xiii,xiv,xxi.Delanee, G.,84,98,101,375.Delfour, Abbe, cited,398.Delgaiz, Raphael, Husband of Eusapia Paladino,67.Desbeaux, Emilie,173.Dialectical Society of London, its organization,289;its experiments in psychical research,291-302;Huxley declines to join,290;Flammarion's letter to,302-304.Divination of Numbers,240,249et seq.Double Personality, an hypothesis for spiritistic communication,58et seq.;Dr. Pierre Janet's studies in,60.Drayson, Gen. A. W., on solution of scientific problems by Spirits,50et seq.;errors of,53,55.Duclaux, E.,438.Du Prel, Dr. Charles,151.Dusart, Dr.,289.Dynamic theory of matter,427.Eglington, medium,196.Ephrussi, M.,101.Ermacora, Dr.,151.Faith not a necessity in psychic phenomena,279.Faraday,188,259,262,266.Felida, case of double personality,59.Finzi, M.,151.Flammarion, Camille, some scientific researches of,vi;early writings onUnknown Natural Forces,xi;experiments with Eusapia Paladino,5-23,63-134;acquaintance with Allan Kardec,24et seq.;automatic writing by,26;delivers funeral oration of Kardec,30;experiments with Mme. Huet,36et seq.;letter to London Dialectical Society,302-304;his "General Inquiry" concerning unexplained phenomena,376;some specimen cases,377-405.Fluidic action, theories of,166,179,253,258,282,422,427.Fluidic projection of limbs, etc.SeeMaterializations.Fontenay, Guillaume de,3,21,84,95,368;participates in Paladino sittings,69-83,123;his dynamic theory of matter,427-431.Foucault, M.,264.Fourth dimension,420.Fourton, Mme.,93,95,98,101,103,114,128,202.Fox sisters, case of the,34.Fox, Miss, automatic communication by,437.Fraud in mediums,194,et seq.Frauenhofer, cited,19.Fremy, M., cited,xix.Fresnel,190.Fulton's invention of steamboat,xvi.Gagneur, Mme.,98,101.Galileo, alleged spiritistic communication from,26,47-49;his erroneous theory for frictional attraction,188,189.Galvani's experiments in electricity,xvi.Gasparin, Count Agenor de,305;experiments with moving tables,229-253;his hypotheses,253-258,408;his rejoinder to Babinet's negations,258-265;Prof. Thury's comments on,268,273,276,279,282et seq.Geley, Dr., his hypothesis of subliminal consciousness,434.Gerosa, Prof.,151.Gigli, M.,143.Girardin, Mme. de,61.Gramont, Count de,173.Grasset, Dr., his opinion on pyschical phenomena,409.Grove, quoted,xix.Guerronnan, A.,173.Gully, Dr.,334.Hallucination, collective, does not satisfactorily account for phenomena,130,179.Harrison, William,334.Hartman, Dr. von,435.Hebert, M., note on Angelica Cottin,322.Herschel, William,50.Herschel, Sir John, cites,50.Hodgson, Dr. Richard,305.Home, Daniel Dunglas,195,437;experiments with an accordion,121;Crooke's investigation of,307-322;324-334;declares Miss Cook an impostor,343.Huet, Mme., mediumistic experiments with,36et seq.Hugo, Leopoldine, alleged spirit communication of,212,et seq.Hugo, Victor,61,212,443.Husson, M.,263.Huxley, T. H., his letter declining to join in psychical research,290.Hyslop, Prof. James H.,305;his opinion on phenomena,409.Impressions in plastic substances,420;photographs of,76,138;cases of,22,74-78,158,163,184.Institute, its disregard of papers on table-movements,263.Invisible hands, action of,418.See also,Acoustic phenomena,andMaterializations (tactile).Intelligence manifested in mediumistic phenomena,421.James, Prof. William,305.Janet, Dr. Pierre,60,188.Joncières, Victorin,437;reports mediumistic phenomena,378-381.Joubert, M.,37,42.Jouffroy's invention of the steamboat,xvi.Julian the Apostate, cited,451.Jupiter, Sardou's drawings of landscapes in,25,45.Kardec, Allan, his society for spiritualistic study,24;death of,30;his funeral oration by Flammarion,30-32.Kepler,55.King, John, alleged spirit control of E. Paladino,71,78,141,169;a psychic double of Paladino,166.King, Katie, a materialized spirit,141;appears to Florence Cook and others,334;investigated by Crookes and other scientist,335-346;Home's opinion of her,343.Labadye, Countess de,103.Lacroix, medium,196.Laplace,51.Lateau, Louise, stigmata of,20.Laurent, M.,101.Lebel, M.,218.Le Bocain, M.,114;report on E. Paladino,116-118.Le Bou, Dr. Gustave, report on E. Paladino,101-103.Lemerle, M.,368.LeVerrier,213.Leymarie, Paul,218.Levitations,5-8,33,79,80,118,414-416;photographs of,6,83,156,368;denied by one sitter,132;the flour test of 1. without contact,247,248;cases of,6,17,70,73,74,83,88,91,93,94,96,99,104,105,111,113,114,144-147,154-156,160,164,167,174,180,183-87,204,229,232,236,238,239,240-248,292,354,357,364,368-370,373,379,380,403.Lévy, Arthur,200;report on E. Paladino,86-92.Lévy, Mme. A.,200.Levy, J. H.,289.Lewes, George Henry,290.Lifting of weights, etc.,413.See also,Levitation.Lamoncelli, M.,147.Lodge, Sir Oliver,63,65,305;his opinion of Paladino's phenomena,167.Lomatsch, J.,372.Lombroso, Cesare,63,151,178,188;Prof. Chiaia invites examination of Paladino,136;investigates Paladino,143-150;his theories regarding the phenomena,150,409.Louis XIV, a fable of,43.Lubbock, Sir John,289.Luminous mediumistic phenomena, cases of,74,97,105,108,125,148,186,198,371.Luxmore, Mr.,334,335.Luys, Dr.,4.Mairet, M.,98.Mangin, Marcel,162,173,218;his opinion on psychical phenomena,410.Marcianus Capella, cited,451.Marks produced at a distance,167.Mars, discovery of satellites of,55.Martelet, Adele, relates an incident of Alfred de Musset,398.Materializations, theory of fluidic projection of limbs, etc.,121et seq.,166,198,208.Cases of:(a)Tactile:—of hands or arms,71,72,89,97,98,101,106-108,111,113,116-118,124,146,148,160,167,174,181,186,292,371,374;of heads,73,89,115,161,177,187,371.(b)Visible:—of hands and arms,10,73,116,159,175,185,292;of heads and busts,21,72,115,128,177,185,366;of complete figure, "Katie King,"334-346.