to be on intimate terms with some of the first
composers of the day, and more than one of
them have said of such as they have heard, that
it is such music as only angels could make, and
no man could write it."

These "first composers" are not more particularly
named. We shall therefore be happy to
receive and file at the office of this Journal, the
testimonials in the foregoing terms of DR.
STERNDALE BENNETT, MR. BALFE, MR.
MACFARREN, Mr. BENEDICT, MR. VINCENT
WALLACE, SIGNOR COSTA, M. AUBER, M. GOUNOD,
SIGNOR ROSSINI, and SIGNOR VERDI. We shall
also feel obliged to MR. ALFRED MELLON, who is
no doubt constantly studying this wonderful
music, under the Medium's auspices, if he will
note on paper, from memory, say a single sheet
of the same. SIGNOR GIULIO REGONDI will then
perform it, as correctly as a mere mortal can, on
the Accordion, at the next ensuing concert of the
Philharmonic Society; on which occasion the
before-mentioned testimonials will be conspicuously
displayed in the front of the orchestra,

8. MR. HOME'S MIRACULOUS INFANT.

"On the 26th April, old style, or 8th May,
according to our style, at seven in the evening,
and as the snow was fast falling, our little boy
was born at the town house, situate on the
Gagarines-quay, in St. Petersburg, where we
were still staying. A few hours after his birth,
his mother, the nurse, and I heard for several
hours the warbling of a bird as if singing over
him. Also that night, and for two or three
nights afterwards, a bright starlike light, which
was clearly visible from the partial darkness of
the room, in which there was only a night-lamp
burning, appeared several times directly over its
head, where it remained for some moments, and
then slowly moved in the direction of the door,
where it disappeared. This was also seen by
each of us at the same time. The light was
more condensed than those which have been so
often seen in my presence upon previous and
subsequent occasions. It was brighter and
more distinctly globular. I do not believe that
it came through my mediumship, but rather
through that of the child, who has manifested
on several occasions the presence of the gift. I
do not like to allude to such a matter, but as
there are more strange things in Heaven and
earth than are dreamt of, even in my philosophy,
I do not feel myself at liberty to omit stating,
that during the latter part of my wife's pregnancy,
we thought it better that she should not join in
Séances, because it was found that whenever the
rappings occurred in the room, a simultaneous
movement of the child was distinctly felt,
perfectly in unison with the sounds. When there
were three sounds, three movements were felt,
and so on, and when five sounds were heard,
which is generally the call for the alphabet, she
felt the five internal movements, and she would
frequently, when we were mistaken in the latter,
correct us from what the child indicated."

We should ask pardon of our readers for
sullying our paper with this nauseous matter, if
without it they could adequately understand
what Mr. Home's book is.

9. CAGLIOSTRO'S SPIRIT CALLS ON MR. HOME.

Prudently avoiding the disagreeable question
of his giving himself, both in this state of
existence and in his spiritual circle, a name to
which he never had any pretensions whatever,
and likewise prudently suppressing any reference
to his amiable weaknesses as a swindler
and an infamous trafiicker in his own wife, the
guileless MR. BALSAMO delivered, in a "distinct
voice," this distinct celestial utterance—
unquestionably punctuated in a supernatural manner:
"My power was that of a mesmerist, but all-
misunderstood by those about me, my biographers
have even done me injustice, but I care not for
the untruths of earth."

10. ORACULAR STATE OF MR. HOME.

"After various manifestations, Mr. Home
went into the trance, and addressing a person
present, said, 'You ask what good are such
trivial manifestations, such as rapping, table-
moving, &c.? God is a better judge than we
are what is fitted for humanity, immense results
may spring from trivial things. The steam from
a kettle is a small thing, but look at the
locomotive! The electric spark from the back of a
cat is a small thing, but see the wonders of
electricity! The raps are small things, but their
results will lead you to the Spirit-World, and to
eternity! Why should great results spring from
such small causes? Christ was born in a manger,
he was not born a King. When you tell me why
he was born in a manger, I will tell you why these
manifestations, so trivial, so undignified as they
appear to you, have been appointed to convince
the world of the truth of spiritualism.'"

Wonderful! Clearly direct Inspiration!—
And yet, perhaps, hardly worth the trouble of
going "into the trance" for, either. Amazing
as the revelation is, we seem to have heard
something like it from more than one personage
who was wide awake. A quack doctor, in an
open barouche (attended by a barrel-organ and
two footmen in brass helmets), delivered just
such another address within our hearing,
outside a gate of Paris, not two months ago.

11. THE TESTIMONY OF MR. HOME'S BOOTS.

"The lady of the house turned to me and
said abruptly, ' Why, you are sitting in the air;'
and on looking, we found that the chair
remained in its place, but that I was elevated
two or three inches above it, and my feet not
touching the floor. This may show how utterly
unconscious I am at times to the sensation of
levitation. As is usual, when I had not got
above the level of the heads of those about me,
and when they change their position much—as
they frequently do in looking wistfully at such
a phenomenon—I came down again, but not till
I had remained so raised about half a minute