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{{Style P-Title|ABOUT SPIRITUALISM <ref>{{HPB-CW-comment|[In her Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 6, where this article is pasted in, H.P.B. wrote across the top of the page:

{{Style P-Title|ABOUT SPIRITUALISM <ref>{{HPB-CW-comment|[In her {{SB-page|v=1|p=6|text=Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 6}}, where this article is pasted in, H.P.B. wrote across the top of the page:

My 2nd letter to N. Y. Graphic, November 14, 1874. —Compiler.]}}</ref>}}

My 2nd letter to N. Y. Graphic, November 14, 1874. —Compiler.]}}</ref>}}

23 Irving Place.}}

23 Irving Place.}}

{{HPB-CW-comment|[In H.P.B.’s Scrapbook, Vol. I, pp. 6-7, where the above article is pasted, H.P.B. added in pen and ink under her signature:]}}

{{HPB-CW-comment|[In H.P.B.’s {{SB-page|v=1|p=6|text=Scrapbook, Vol. I, pp. 6-7}}, where the above article is pasted, H.P.B. added in pen and ink under her signature:]}}

So much in defence of phenomena, as to whether these Spirits are ghosts is another question.

So much in defence of phenomena, as to whether these Spirits are ghosts is another question.

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{{HPB-CW-comment|[In H.P.B.’s Scrapbook, Vol. I, pp. 7-8, there is a cutting from The Daily Graphic of November 1874, which deals with the visit of a Mr. Brown, the “mind reader,” to the Eddys’ Homestead. Mr. Brown relates how one of the “spirits” brought to H.P.B. one of the decorations which had belonged to her father, and says that “Madame was overwhelmed with gratitude.”}}

{{HPB-CW-comment|[In H.P.B.’s {{SB-page|v=1|p=7|text=Scrapbook, Vol. I, pp. 7-8}}, there is a cutting from The Daily Graphic of November 1874, which deals with the visit of a Mr. Brown, the “mind reader,” to the Eddys’ Homestead. Mr. Brown relates how one of the “spirits” brought to H.P.B. one of the decorations which had belonged to her father, and says that “Madame was overwhelmed with gratitude.”}}

{{HPB-CW-comment|H.P.B. underlined the word overwhelmed and added at the end of the article in pen and ink:]}}

{{HPB-CW-comment|H.P.B. underlined the word overwhelmed and added at the end of the article in pen and ink:]}}

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{{Page aside|45}}{{HPB-CW-comment|[In Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 8, the account of Mr. Brown is followed immediately by an article entitled “Unpractical Spirits,” presumably also from The Daily Graphic. It is signed with the initials “I.F.F.” which obviously stand for Irvin Francis Fern. H.P.B. added the following remarks in pen and ink:]}}

{{Page aside|45}}{{HPB-CW-comment|[In {{SB-page|v=1|p=8|text=Scrapbook, Vol. I, p. 8}}, the account of Mr. Brown is followed immediately by an article entitled “Unpractical Spirits,” presumably also from The Daily Graphic. It is signed with the initials “I.F.F.” which obviously stand for Irvin Francis Fern. H.P.B. added the following remarks in pen and ink:]}}

Bravo! Irvin Francis Fern—a great Occultist. He IS RIGHT but we have to defend phenomena & prove it too before we teach them philosophy.  

Bravo! Irvin Francis Fern—a great Occultist. He IS RIGHT but we have to defend phenomena & prove it too before we teach them philosophy.