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THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.

3, HORSE-SHOE COURT, LUDGATE HILL

LONDON E.C

May 24th 1877

My dear M^r Wallace

You will receive by this post a copy of Carpenter's¹ book on spiritualism² &c. I am glad you are willing to review³ it for the Quarterly Journal. If you can let me have have the mss. by the middle of next month it will be in time for the July no.

I would especially draw your attention to the sneering way in which Carpenter speaks of Reichenbach⁴ on page 32. An account of Reichenbach's heat experiments is given in his "Researches in Magnetism"⁵(pp. 39-40, 86, 147, 150, 185, 187, 205, 585 of Ashburner's⁵ translation, and pp 17-18, 25, 26-27 (note), 30, 78, 100, 133, 149, 180, 357, 379, 442, 459, 460, 461 of Gregory's⁵ translation).

I enclose a reprint of an article [2] from "The Medium". I believe it was written by a somewhat eminent man. At all events, if any of the ideas are useful I think Burns could supply data for verifying the statements.

I remember you telling me that D^r Wallich⁶ opposed Carpenter's views on certain subjects. Do you think he could be persuaded to write an article for the Quarterly Journal of Science? or if not perhaps he would supply notes for me. I cannot very well ask him myself, but if you, have as a friend of him, have an opportunity of doing so I shall be glad. It really is important to prove to the reading Public that Dr Carpenter's assertions are not to be relied on.

Believe me | very truly yours | William Crookes.⁷ [signature]