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MESMERISM TO SPIRITUALISM 353know all when you join me in the spirit world. . . .Your loving sister, Elizabeth Wallace. Herbert ishere."Here are two family names given, the first beingone which no one else present could have known, asshe died when we were both schoolboys. The openingand concluding parts of the letter show that it wasaddressed specially to myself. The next was addressedto my brother, referring to me as "brotherAlf," and is signed " P. Wallace." This we cannotunderstand, as we have no relative with that initial,except a cousin, Percy Wilson. It is, I think, notimprobable that in transferring the message throughthe medium, and perhaps through a spirit-scribe (asis often said to be the case), the surname was misunderstoodowing to the latter supposing that thecommunicant was a brother.The next slate contains a message signed "JudgeEdmonds," addressed to myself and Mr. Owen, onthe general subject of spirit manifestations. It iswritten very distinctly in a flowing hand.The next is the slate written in five colours, andsigned "John Gray," one of the well-known earlyadvocates of spiritualism in America. It is also onthe general subject of spirit-return. Then comes aslate containing a portrait and signature of " Jno.Pierpont," one of the pioneers of spiritualism, andaround the margin three messages in different handwritings.One is from Stanley St. Clair, the spiritartist,who says he has produced the portrait for me,at the request of the medium. The others are shortmessages from Elizabeth Wallace and R. Wallace,the latter perhaps one of the unknown Scotch unclesof my father, the other beginning, "God bless you,my boys," is probably from our paternal grandmother,2 A