THE ALLEGED HAUNTING
OF B—— HOUSE
Transcriber's Note:
The Author uses lines of spaced periods to mark thepassing of time, this has been preserved in this edition.
B—— HOUSE
Attics.
Second Floor.
Ground Floor.
L. Lift. A. Iron gate in Area.
Basement.
THE ALLEGED HAUNTING
OF
B—— HOUSE
INCLUDING
A JOURNAL KEPT DURING THE TENANCY OF
COLONEL LEMESURIER TAYLOR
EDITED BY
A. GOODRICH-FREER (Miss X)
AND
JOHN, MARQUESS OF BUTE, K.T.
LONDON
GEORGE REDWAY
1899
"I visited B—— representing that Society[S.P.R.], ... and decided that there was no suchevidence as could justify us in giving the results ofthe inquiry a place in our Proceedings."—The Times,June 10, 1897.
FREDERIC W.H. MYERS,
Hon. Sec. of the Society for Psychical Research.
Compare pages 189 et seq.
THE ALLEGED HAUNTING
OF B—— HOUSE
It was in 1892 that Lord Bute first heard of thematter. It was not, as stated by The Timescorrespondent in that journal for June 8, 1897,in or from London, but at Falkland, in Fifeshire,and in the following manner:—
There is no public chapel at Falkland, andthe private chapel in the house is attended by avariety of priests, who usually come only fromSaturday to Monday. Lord Bute's diary forthe second week in August 1892 contains thefollowing entries:—
"Saturday, August 6th.—Father H——, S.J.,came.
"Sunday, August 7th.—In afternoon withFather H—— an