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Bishop Auckland

May 4 / 74

Dear Sir

As an investigator & adherent of spiritualism I have read parts of yr article in the 'Fortnightly'¹ with pleasure.

When the first evidence of the subject came before me some eight years ago I got interested & have pursued the matter since with unceasing pleasure ——

During 1868 I chanced to meet with a tract on the subject in which a statement was made to the effect that John Stuart Mill,² Ruskin,³ Tennyson,⁴ Longfellow⁵ &c have become believers.

I was incredulous at any [2] note of Mills' conversion & posted the tract to him saying if he thought well I w^d. be glad to hear his attestation or otherwise.

The enclosed letter⁶ came in reply and as it is interesting as showing how unphilosophical a life philosophical mind can be, when ^{scarce any} amount of evidence w^d. reach its depths, I submit a copy of it to you for use as a note or as you thought fit in your part 2nd of the article for next months 'Fortnightly'. In case you think proper to use it, on receipt of [3] your reply I will send you the original for your satisfaction.

Yours truly | N. Kilburn⁷ [signature]

To

Alfred Wallace Esq.