I am quite prepared for such a possible aspersion, and in reply, I can but say that I hold the originals in my possession, and that some of them have been read by my friend Mr.
George Bentley, under whose auspices this book has been successfully launched on the sea of public favour.

I may add that my correspondents are all strangers to me personally--not one of them have I ever met.

A few have indeed asked me to accord them interviews, but this request I invariably deny, not wishing to set myself forward in any way as an exponent of high doctrine in which I am as yet but a beginner and student .-- AUTHOR.] LETTER I.
"DEAR MADAM, "You must receive so many letters that I feel it is almost a shame to add to the number, but I cannot resist writing to tell you how very much your book, 'The Romance of Two Worlds,' has helped me.

My dear friend Miss F----, who has written to you lately I believe, first read it to me, and I cannot tell you what a want in my life it seemed to fill up.

I have been always interested in the so-called Supernatural, feeling very conscious of depths in my own self and in others that are usually ignored.