Abstract
THIS volume is a further series of accounts by Mr. Price of his experiences when investigating alleged supernormal phenomena. In the course of his remarks he ranges over a wide field, and thus the records are somewhat unequal in value. Thus, on one hand, space is given to accounts of the performances of palpable frauds; and on the other, we find interesting chapters which contain records of experiments with persons well worth serious attention, like the vaudeville telepathist, Fred Marion. From the scientific point of view one of the most interesting chapters is that dealing with ‘spirit’ photography, in which Mr. Price details a number of ingenious methods for producing these fraudulent results. From this account it will be seen how valueless reports by untrained and uncritical persons must be, and how difficult is any serious investigation of such claims.
Confessions of a Ghost-Hunter
Harry Price. Pp. 396 + 16 plates. (London: Putnam and Co., Ltd., 1936.) 10s. 6d. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 137, 764 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137764a0
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