'Twixt two worlds : a narrative of the life and work of William Eglinton

Twixt Two Worlds.
now are." Dr. Nichols justly remarks :— " It is certain that no mortal man could have tied
these knots—equally certain that all the philosophers and all the ' magicians ' of Europe cannot
now untie them under the same conditions. Here is a fact which can be proven in any court
of justice, and for which any conceivable number of dimensions of space cannot account."
On April 17th occurred a phenomenon which, viewed as a contribution to the evidence
for spirit identity, is valuable. It was observed and recorded by Mr. J. F. Collingwood,
formerly Secretary of the Anthropological Institute :—" At a members' seance held at the
rooms of the British National Association of Spiritualists, on April 17th, 1877, Mr. Eglinton
was in the cabinet free, and ten persons formed the circle, among whom were Florence
Marryat, Mr. Cornelius Pearson, Mrs. L
,
and myself. After the appearance of two or three
Knots tied on an Endless Cord.
forms that usually manifest through this medium, a face which was quite new to all the
sitters was seen at the aperture, and drew forth spontaneous remarks from the circle generally
to that effect. The face presented itself, full, to the middle of the circle where Mr. Collingwood
was seated. He noticed the short hair on the head, the stubbly beard and short cut
moustache, the cadaverous and worn appearance of the features, the sunken eyes ; but the
face was not recognised then. It gazed for a second or two at Mr. Collingwood, then slowly
turned the head to sweep the circle, and the instant that the profile was presented Mr. Collingwood
recognised the likeness to a friend, Mr. Hammond, deceased eighteen months previously.
At one end of the row of sitters was Mrs. L , Hammond's sister-in-law. The face retreated
immediately it had, apparently, seen Mrs. L- -'s, and it re-appeared within half a minute,