§ 3. I now turn from recognised to unrecognised auditory phantasms. [Of five cases given 279 and 281 are here omitted.] The next account is from Mr. Goodyear, now of Avoca Villa, Park Road, Bevois Hill, Southampton, who refers in it to a visual case quoted in Chapter XII (The Development Of Telepathic Hallucinations), § 3.

"February 9th, 1884.

(280) "I am very fond of shooting, and one evening I had gone out with my bag and gun. I was crossing some open meadows, when suddenly a fearfully shrill cry of ' Tom ' rang in my ears. I instantly answered loudly,' Yes, yes,' turning sharply round to see who was in pain, but there was no one near, and again the scream rang out terribly loud. I answered again, 'Yes, yes,' and then I heard no more. I retraced my steps, for I was quite unstrung; but later on, when it was dark, I went over to see the keeper in whose woods I was going to shoot, and told him what had happened. He said ' Bad news,' and he was right; for next morning summoned me to join my bereaved sweetheart, who at that very time, certainly to within a very few minutes, lost her father. I knew her father was ill, had been for some 18 months, but was not thinking about them at the time. I do not know whether these cases are particularly striking, or whether there are heaps of similar ones, but they are just what happened and will for ever live fresh in my memory. "T. W. Goodyear".

We find from the Register of Deaths that the death took place on March 7, 1876, after a 2 years' illness.

Asked if this is the only auditory hallucination that he can recall, Mr. Goodyear replies in the affirmative.

Asked whether the lady really uttered his name at the time, he replies, "My wife does not think she uttered my name aloud, though for several reasons she was thinking intensely of me." He has told me in confidence special circumstances which caused the mind of the dying man to be much occupied with him, and which caused the mind of his fiancee to be directed towards him with a special longing for his presence.

The narrator of the next case is Mrs. Wyld, of 59, Devonshire Road,

Birkenhead.

"May 10th, 1885.

(282) "I would very gladly write the short statement you ask for, tut though to my own mind it is pretty conclusive, still I feel that to outsiders it is wanting in two important details: (1) I mentioned the fact of hearing the voice to no one at the time [but see below], and (2) I could not tell whose voice it was.

"It was on Thursday evening, January 10th, 1884, that I was sitting alone in the house reading, and it seemed strange, and still not strange, to hear my name called with a sort of eager entreaty.

"Shortly after, the others came in. I was leaving for Ellesmere next day, and in the bustle of departure I thought no more of the circumstance. It was only when coming down to breakfast on the Saturday morning and finding the letter telling of E.'s death, that I instantly recalled the circumstances, and saw that the time and day corresponded with when they knew she must have slipped out, and down to the river.

"I wonder I did not associate it with her, for she had written me some very pitiable letters beforehand. I had not the least idea her mind was affected. We were school-fellows together for nearly three years and great friends. "Mary Wyld".

In answer to inquiries, Mrs. Wyld adds: -

"I never have had a hallucination of the senses at any other time. It was about 8 o'clock in the evening, I fancy, when I heard the voice. She was not found till 2 o'clock the next morning when the tide turned on the river; she then had been dead several hours, having slipped out, I fancy, between 7 and 9 the previous evening".

We have verified the date given, and the circumstances of the death, in two local newspapers. It appears that though the body was not recovered till early next morning, it was seen, and the shawl that was round it was even seized and drawn into a boat, at 10 p.m.

Mrs. Wyld afterwards found that she had mentioned her experience at the time to her mother, who writes to us on March 19, 1886: -

"Mrs. Wyld was staying with me in Scarborough, when she heard the voice in which you are interested. She was alone in the house (excepting servants), and when I returned, an hour after, she related what had seemed to her peculiar. The date I do not now remember; but Mrs. Wyld left Scarborough the next day; and in two or three days after, she wrote to tell me of the sad event having taken place that evening.

"M. Balgarnie".

[The non-recognition here rather tends to strengthen the case, by increasing the improbability that the hallucination was due to anxiety about the absent friend].

The following case is from Miss Harriss, of 25, Shepherd's Bush Road, W.

"January 25th, 1884.

(283) "Exactly the hour in the afternoon that my mother died, being out for a long walk in the country with a companion, and having parted from her to pick wild flowers, I heard myself distinctly called several times. With a feeling as if some ill were approaching, I looked at my watch instinctively, and found it half-past 4. I cannot tell why I did so, for I was then only a school-girl, and calling to my companion I found she had not addressed me. I dreamed of my mother's death the same night.

"A. Harriss." In answer to inquiries, Miss Harriss adds: -

"My mother died on 25th September, 1875. She was in better health than I had seen her for years when I left her about six weeks before, which was the reason of my doing so. She died suddenly of heart disease. I had heard from her only two days before, in good health and spirits. The hour of death was stated in the letter and telegram; I think I have both still.

"I never had another auditory hallucination. I never had another dream of death besides that about my mother; it was very vivid and distressing. I saw her dying".

The following is an extract, copied by the present writer, from a letter written to Miss Harriss by her father, and dated September 25, 1875: -

"Ashfield. "My Dear Annie, - You will be much surprised that your dear mamma passed away this afternoon about 3.45, so gently that we could not believe that she was really gone. ... I think she was not quite conscious at the time. - Your affectionate father, "J. H. Harriss".

The friend who was with Miss Harriss at the time writes to us on July 12, 1884, from 58, Cornwall Gardens, S.W.: -

"The following is an answer to your inquiries regarding my recollection of a certain incident relating to the death of Miss Harriss' mother. I remember her coming down one morning much disturbed at a very vivid dream she had during the night, in which she saw her mother lying dead. About an hour after she told us, the post came in, bringing Miss Harriss the news of her mother's death. The previous day Miss Harriss had been in the woods with me, and came and asked me why I called her, and what was the matter. On finding I had not, she told me she had been quite sure some one was calling her, and wanted her. I believe afterwards we were struck at the curious coincidence of her mother being taken ill that afternoon, and being actually dead about the time of her dream.

"Edith Darwin".

[In conversation, Miss Harriss assured me again that she is positive that the hour at which she heard the voice was the hour of her mother's death. If her recollection of the time which she noted by her watch is correct, this is an instance of exaggeration of correctness, as there was an interval of three-quarters of an hour].

Here we can hardly attribute the dream to any excitement caused by the previous hallucination, since that does not appear to have suggested her mother to Miss Harriss. If we regard both incidents as telepathic, and as due to a common cause, the case would be an interesting instance of "deferred impression" - the dim impulse which immediately after the death emerged as an unrecognised phantasm, developing into more definitely " veridical" shape in sleep.