Excerpt from Forty Years on the Spiritual Rostrum Neither this book nor the author need an Introduc tion to Spiritualists, and it is not expected that many others will read it. It is largely a continuation of the singular life experiences of the author as related in his former works, and is largely made up of original and bor rowed thoughts, collected and expressed in the long path Of earthly existence. It is void of theology, as the author never had any, and never took any interest in faith, never being able to prove anything by it. In the poetical Selections will be found genuine poetry and rhyme and Jingle of words, but gems Of thought in all, some of which are not published elsewhere, though many are. The newspaper correspondence is original and embodies many of the author's radical ideas. Many articles which editors declined to publish were even more radical and critical than any contained in this volume. I could have filled out this book with descriptions of phenomena I have witnessed; but as our papers are full of such and tests constantly occurring, I decided to omit them. 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.