The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

Footnotes: {0a} Principles of Psychology, vol. ii., p. 115. By Professor William James, Harvard College, Macmillan's, London, 1890. The physical processes believed to be involved, are described on pp. 123, 124 of the same work. {0b} Op. cit., ii., 130. {4} Story received from Miss ---; confirmed on inquiry by Drumquaigh. {5a} Phantasms of the Living, ii., 382. {5b} To "send" a dream the old Egyptians wrote it out and made a cat swallow it! {8} See "Queen Mary's Jewels" in chapter ii. {10} Narrated by Mrs. Herbert. {11a} Story confirmed by Mr. A. {11b} This child had a more curious experience. Her nurse was very ill, and of course did not sleep in the nursery. One morning the little girl said, "Macpherson is better, I saw her come in last night with a candle in her hand. She just stooped over me and then went to Tom" (a younger brother) "and kissed him in his sleep." Macpherson had died in the night, and her attendants, of course, protested ignorance of her having left her deathbed. {11c} Story received from Lady X. See another good case in Proceedings of the Psychical Society, vol. xi., 1895, p. 397. In this case, however, the finder was not nearer than forty rods to the person who lost a watch in long grass. He assisted in the search, however, and may have seen the watch unconsciously, in a moment of absence of mind. Many other cases in Proceedings of S.P.R. {13} Story received in a letter from the dreamer.