Mrs Piper's mediumship—Is mediumship a neurosis?

Dr Richard Hodgson—Description of the trance—Mrs Piper not a good hypnotic subject.

Early trances—Careful first observations by Professor William James of Harvard University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

The hypothesis of fraud—The hypothesis of muscle-reading—"Influence."

A sitting with Mrs Piper—The hypothesis of thought-transference—Incidents.

Phinuit—His probable origin—His character—What he says of himself—His French—His medical diagnosis—Is he merely a secondary personality of Mrs Piper?

Miss Hannah Wild's letter—The first text given by Phinuit—Mrs Blodgett's sitting—Thought-reading explains the case.

Communications from persons having suffered in their mental faculties—Unexpected communications from unknown persons—The respect due to the communicators—Predictions—Communications from children.

Further consideration of the difficulties of the problem—George Pelham—Development of the automatic writing.

How George Pelham has proved his identity—He recognises his friends and alludes to their opinions—He recognises objects which have belonged to him—Asks that certain things should be done for him—Very rarely makes an erroneous statement.

George Pelham's philosophy—The nature of the soul—The first moments after death—Life in the next world—George Pelham contradicts Stainton Moses—Space and time in the next world—How spirits see us—Means of communication.

William Stainton Moses—What George Pelham thinks of him—How Imperator and his assistants have replaced Phinuit.

Professor Hyslop and the journalists—The so-called "confession" of Mrs Piper—Precautions taken by Professor Hyslop during his experiments—Impressions of the sittings.

The communications of Mr Robert Hyslop—Peculiar expressions—Incidents.

The "influence" again—Other incidents—Statistics.

Examination of the telepathic hypothesis—Some arguments which render its acceptance difficult.

Some considerations which strongly support the spiritualistic hypothesis—Consciousness and character remain unchanged—Dramatic play—Errors and confusions.

Difficulties and objections—The identity of Imperator—Vision at a distance—Triviality of the messages—Spiritualist philosophy—Life in the other world.

The medium's return to normal life—Speeches made while the medium seems to hover between the two worlds.

Encouraging results obtained—The problem must be solved.