Excerpt from The Late Dr. Sedgwick and the Spirit Medium (Based Upon Facts): A Fascinating Narrative Revealing in Story a Comprehensive and Concise Outline of Spirit Philosophy and the Methods Employed by Mediums to Foist It Upon a Credulous Public, Together With a Chapter on Psychic Law The narrative, or story, presenting the sub jcet of spiritualism in this book, is based upon incidents and observation in the experience of the writer, so grouped as to entertain the reader in a continuous recital, until he has thoroughly covered that comprehensive and fascinating field frequented by so large a class of inquisi tive and credulous minds. The writer makes no apology for entering the field of fiction to convey so important a truth, involved in so alluring a subject, but reminds the reader that this has been a legitimate field of thought in all ages on all subjects. The reader, on finishing, will find himself posted with a volume of information on this modern delusion that should fortify him against any of its approaches. The chapter on psychic force, or mental law, is intended to interest the student in the state ment of some now well-established facts in the realm of mind. Appended is a convenient table of definitions of psychic terms, suggestive also of the complex and comprehensive field outlying a solution of the mysteries of human life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.