14. The Haunted Halls of Learning

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xi
5. Illustrations xiii
6. Prologue 3
7. 1. The Rochester Rappings 9
8. 2. The Gotham Spirits 24
9. 3. The Medium and the Explorer 40
10. 4. The Boston Apparitions 61
11. 5. More Gotham Spirits 70
12. 6. Spirits in the Provinces 84
13. 7. The Wakemanites 94
14. 8. The Ghost in the Astor Library 102
15. 9. Congress and Spiritualism 107
16. 10. Lincoln and the Spirits 118
17. 11. Spirits in the Courts 124
18. 12. Spirits in the city of Brotherly Love 133
19. 13. Ghosts from Coast to Coast 143
20. 14. The Haunted Halls of Learning 165
21. 15. The Descent of the Medium into the Spirits' World 174
22. Bibliography 183
23. Index 191