PATIENCE WORTH
 
A PSYCHIC MYSTERY

The compiler of this book is not a spiritualist,nor a psychologist, nor a member ofthe Society for Psychical Research; nor hashe ever had anything more than a transitoryand skeptical interest in psychic phenomena ofany character. He is a newspaper man whoseprivilege and pleasure it is to present the factsin relation to some phenomena which he doesnot attempt to classify nor to explain, butwhich are virtually without precedent in therecord of occult manifestations. The mysteryof Patience Worth is one which every readermay endeavor to solve for himself. The solepurpose of this narrative is to give the visibletruth, the physical evidence, so to speak, thethings that can be seen and that are thereforesusceptible of proof by ocular demonstration.In this category are the instruments of communicationivand the communications themselves,which are described, explained and, insome cases, interpreted, where an effort at interpretationseems to be desirable.