Spiritualism Again in Prominence
THROUGH two men of note in the two English-speaking nations of the world — Dr. I. K. Funk, of the firm of Funk & Wagnalls, in this country, and Sir William Crookes, the well-known scientist in England — spiritualism has been brought again into sudden prominence before the world. Press dispatches inform us that Dr. Funk is to ask the noted English scientist, who is also a spiritualist, to “find the spirit of Henry Ward Beecher,” and learn how the “ghost of the noted preacher” knew the location of the coin which Dr. Funk unconsciously had in his possession, as he was informed at a recent seance. Dr. Funk states that he has since that date received a large number of letters from persons who have lost friends or relatives, asking him for the names of “reliable mediums,” through whom they may be able to communicate with those who have died.