SEEN AND UNSEEN BY E. KATHARINE BATES

NEW YORK

DODGE PUBLISHING COMPANY

214-220 EAST 23

rd

STREET

1908

First Published July 1907 Second Impression October 1907 Third Impression March 1908 Popular Edition 1908

To C. E. B. IN MEMORY OF ONE WHO LOVED AND SUFFERED AND IN THE SURE AND CERTAIN HOPE OF A JOYFUL MEETING WITH HIM, AND WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE CROSSED THE BAR

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

I.EARLY RECOLLECTIONS1

II.INVESTIGATIONS IN AMERICA, 1885-188613

III.AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND49

IV.HONG KONG, ALASKA, AND NEW YORK71

V.INDIA, 1890-189180

VI.SWEDEN AND RUSSIA, 189297

AN INTERLUDE129

VII.LADY CAITHNESS AND THE AVENUE WAGRAM144

VIII.FROM OXFORD TO WIMBLEDON161

IX.1896, HAUNTINGS BY THE LIVING AND THE DEAD176

X.FURTHER EXPERIENCES IN AMERICA195

XI.A HAUNTED CASTLE IN IRELAND218

XII.1900-1901, ODDS AND ENDS232

XIII.1903, A SECOND VISIT TO INDIA260

XIV.A FAMILY PORTRAIT AND PSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPHY274

APPENDIX298