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{{Style P-Quote|I send you a photograph of ''the'' Katie King as she appeared in London, and you will see at once that it is so unlike the other that they ''cannot'' represent one and same individual.

{{Style P-Quote|I send you a photograph of ''the'' Katie King as she appeared in London, and you will see at once that it is so unlike the other that they ''cannot'' represent one and same individual.

I have just read Mr. Owen’s account, which is highly interesting, but that he who had seen both photographs<ref>He possibly might not in that time, but of course he has since seen the English production, and long prior to the paper of his published in this journal on the 18th of December last.</ref> should think the likeness in the least degree alike, or that any experienced Spiritualist should pay the least regard to the history which your Katie gives of her early life, very much surprises me.

I have just read Mr. Owen’s account, which is highly interesting, but that he who had seen both photographs* should think the likeness in the least degree alike, or that any experienced Spiritualist should pay the least regard to the history which your Katie gives of her early life, very much surprises me.

The statements made by two spirits do not agree any more than their likenesses ; and it is in my opinion folly to regard the general statements of ''any'' spirit as to time, place, or identity. We have evidently much more to learn about them and their extraordinary powers. Meantime, the great fact is proved beyond doubt that spirits can make and unmake material bodies to satisfy our senses, and that they can drive material substances through ''all'' obstructions is also one of the great facts we are called upon to witness in these days, with what ulterior object I for one am not prepared to say.}}

The statements made by two spirits do not agree any more than their likenesses ; and it is in my opinion folly to regard the general statements of ''any'' spirit as to time, place, or identity. We have evidently much more to learn about them and their extraordinary powers. Meantime, the great fact is proved beyond doubt that spirits can make and unmake material bodies to satisfy our senses, and that they can drive material substances through ''all'' obstructions is also one of the great facts we are called upon to witness in these days, with what ulterior object I for one am not prepared to say.}}

Among the latter are the Eddy Brothers, young men who are as well known in America as were the Davenports in England. After travelling in the principal cities, where they met with the usual bad treatment to which most mediums are subjected, they retired from the excitement of the life they were leading, and settled down as small farmers at Chittenden, in the State of Vermont, where, however, they soon attracted attention from their neighbours, who had witnessed things in open day too extraordinary to pass unnoticed. Public curiosity was awakened ; the brothers soon found they could not continue their quiet farming pursuits, and they were perforce obliged to yield to the overwhelming pressure put upon them by their spirit guides. Their small homestead, with no accommodation for visitors, has become crowded by strangers from distant parts of the country, who are there witnessing phenomena far more extraordinary than have yet been heard of in any country.

Among the latter are the Eddy Brothers, young men who are as well known in America as were the Davenports in England. After travelling in the principal cities, where they met with the usual bad treatment to which most mediums are subjected, they retired from the excitement of the life they were leading, and settled down as small farmers at Chittenden, in the State of Vermont, where, however, they soon attracted attention from their neighbours, who had witnessed things in open day too extraordinary to pass unnoticed. Public curiosity was awakened ; the brothers soon found they could not continue their quiet farming pursuits, and they were perforce obliged to yield to the overwhelming pressure put upon them by their spirit guides. Their small homestead, with no accommodation for visitors, has become crowded by strangers from distant parts of the country, who are there witnessing phenomena far more extraordinary than have yet been heard of in any country.

Colonel Hy. S. Olcott, of New York, whose name is not known to me in connection with Spiritualism, but who, I am told, is a man of high character, possessing considerable literary ability and great influence with the press of his own country, has recently been induced to examine Spiritualism in its phenomenal aspect, and especially that which is obtained by the Eddy family ; after weeks of patient investigation at Chittenden he is convinced of the genuineness of the spirit forms which are there presented, and for some time past he has contributed a series of articles to the New York daily ''Graphic'', giving “a narrative of spiritual things seen, heard, and felt at the Eddy homestead in Vermont ;” the Graphic has given whole pages to this account, and has illustrated it with many woodcuts. It appears that Colonel Olcott met at Chittenden a highly intelligent Russian lady, the Countess Helen P. de Blavatsky, who showed to him various credentials of her social positions, including letters from Prince Wittgenstein. “This lady,” he says, “has led a most eventful life, travelling in the most of the lands of the Orient, searching for antiquities at the base of the pyramids, and pushing, with armed escort, far into the interior of Africa.” The Countess’ presence at several of the Eddy séances led to most surprising manifestations, including the appearance of several spirits of persons known to her in foreign {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB underlined|countries}}.<ref>{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|Yes; for I have called them out {{Style S-Double underline|myself}}. H.P.B.}}</ref>

Colonel Hy. S. Olcott, of New York, whose name is not known to me in connection with Spiritualism, but who, I am told, is a man of high character, possessing considerable literary ability and great influence with the press of his own country, has recently been induced to examine Spiritualism in its phenomenal aspect, and especially that which is obtained by the Eddy family ; after weeks of patient investigation at Chittenden he is convinced of the genuineness of the spirit forms which are there presented, and for some time past he has contributed a series of articles to the New York daily ''Graphic'', giving “a narrative of spiritual things seen, heard, and felt at the Eddy homestead in Vermont ;” the Graphic has given whole pages to this account, and has illustrated it with many woodcuts. It appears that Colonel Olcott met at Chittenden a highly intelligent Russian lady, the Countess Helen P. de Blavatsky, who showed to him various credentials of her social positions, including letters from Prince Wittgenstein. “This lady,” he says, “has led a most eventful life, travelling in the most of the lands of the Orient, searching for antiquities at the base of the pyramids, and pushing, with armed escort, far into the interior of Africa.” The Countess’ presence at several of the Eddy séances led to most surprising manifestations, including the appearance of several spirits of persons known to her in foreign {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB underlined|countries}}.{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|**}}

Colonel Olcott takes great pains to meet all scepticism, and after he had satisfied himself of this lady’s status, and her knowledge of foreign languages, and the impossibility of her being capable of entering into vulgar conspiracy to deceive him, he proceeds to give a narrative of what occurred at their first ''seance'' together :—

Colonel Olcott takes great pains to meet all scepticism, and after he had satisfied himself of this lady’s status, and her knowledge of foreign languages, and the impossibility of her being capable of entering into vulgar conspiracy to deceive him, he proceeds to give a narrative of what occurred at their first ''seance'' together :—

{{Style P-Quote|Since I wrote to you last the progress made by Spiritualism in this country has been truly astonishing. Some of our principal daily papers are venturing to give full reports of ''seances'' for the materialization phenomena. Spiritualism is no longer treated with derision by the more intelligent of our editors. Full and interesting reports of the manifestations through the Eddy family, at Vermont, written by Colonel Henry S. Olcott, have appeared twice a week for some ten weeks past in the ''Daily Graphic'', with pictorial illustrations… The New York ''Times'', New York ''Sun'', Chicago ''Times'', St. Louis ''Democrat'', Springfield (Massachusetts) ''Republican'', Hartford ''Courant'', all journals of large influences and circulation, have brought the subject prominently before the public, and the end is not yet. Three of our leading monthly magazines, the ''Atlantic Monthly'', the'' Galaxy'', and ''Lippincott's Magazine'', have had long and mostly fair papers on the subject, and the ''Atlantic Monthly'' for January promises an account front Mr. Dale Owen of the Philadelphia materializations… These materializations are creating an impression of which we have {{Style S-HPB SB. Continued on|1-12}} }}

{{Style P-Quote|Since I wrote to you last the progress made by Spiritualism in this country has been truly astonishing. Some of our principal daily papers are venturing to give full reports of ''seances'' for the materialization phenomena. Spiritualism is no longer treated with derision by the more intelligent of our editors. Full and interesting reports of the manifestations through the Eddy family, at Vermont, written by Colonel Henry S. Olcott, have appeared twice a week for some ten weeks past in the ''Daily Graphic'', with pictorial illustrations… The New York ''Times'', New York ''Sun'', Chicago ''Times'', St. Louis ''Democrat'', Springfield (Massachusetts) ''Republican'', Hartford ''Courant'', all journals of large influences and circulation, have brought the subject prominently before the public, and the end is not yet. Three of our leading monthly magazines, the ''Atlantic Monthly'', the'' Galaxy'', and ''Lippincott's Magazine'', have had long and mostly fair papers on the subject, and the ''Atlantic Monthly'' for January promises an account front Mr. Dale Owen of the Philadelphia materializations… These materializations are creating an impression of which we have {{Style S-HPB SB. Continued on|1-12}} }}

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