Phantasms of the Living, Volume 1Rooms of the Society for psychical research; Trübner and Company, 1886 - Dreams "A large part of the material used in this book was sent to the authors as representatives of the Society for Psychical Research; and the book is published with the sanction of the council of that Society ... Mr. Myers is solely responsible for the Introduction, and for the Note on a suggested mode of psychical interaction ... Mr. Gurney is solely responsible for the remainder of the book ... the collection, examination, and appraisal of the evidence--has been a joint labour, of which Mr. Podmore has borne ... a share ..."--Pref. |
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Phantasms of the Living, Volume 1 Edmund Gurney,Frederic William Henry Myers,Frank Podmore Limited preview - 2011 |
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