1859. Contents Book I. Preliminary: Statement of the Subject; The Impossible; The Miraculous; The Improbable. Contents Book II. Touching Certain Phases of Sleep: Sleep in General; and Dreams. Contents Book III. Disturbances Popularly Termed Hauntings: General Character of the Phenomena; Narratives; and Summing Up. Contents Book IV. Of Appearances Commonly Called Apparitions: Touching Hallucination; Apparitions of the Living; and Apparitions of the Dead. Contents Book V. Indications of Personal Interferences: Retribution; and Guardianship. Contents Book VI. The Suggested Results: The Change at Death.5
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An investigation into supernatural phenomena ranging from dreams to apparitions and hauntings, this work, first published in 1860, reports the observations and research of Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877), a Scottish immigrant who became a member of the US House of Representatives and US minister at Naples.
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- Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Scott Walter in Front Matter, and page 190
- Psychological Inquiries: In A Series Of Essays Intended To Illustrate The Mutual Relations Of The Physical Organization And The Mental Faculties by Benjamin C. Brodie in Front Matter, and page 124
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