Several other persons felt a restlessness like Miss Duff's--woke without
any cause, &c.--Mrs. M., Mr. T., Mr. L.F., and others. If any doubt be
felt about the appearances and noises being from hypnotism, the
experimental cases should remove it, the resemblance of the feelings
of the "garrison" to those hypnotized should be dwelt on, the times of
recurrence, and finally later mentioned the peculiarity of the
apparition's nature--corresponding to those produced by hypnotism. The
argument that Féré and Binet are fond of, that hypnotism much resembles
what can be seen every day, is no doubt true.

Mrs. Anna Kingsford appears to have been often hypnotised by some unknown
rascal, but her gentle admirable character seems to have suffered but
little, though her life was possibly shortened.

But when Professor Maitland talks of building walls round her, he
emphasises the advantage that society gives against witchcraft. Of four
people whose lives have been destroyed or grievously injured by
hypnotism, whose circumstances are known to the writer, three were
childless married men (two were unhappily married), and the fourth case
was a bachelor's, a poor young man's.

It may be noted that in the North of Europe, at least half a small class
of men were attacked, and the others were more or less connected with
these. The most were diplomatists and consuls.

The advantage of society must be referred to a great extent to the stream
of thought-transfer from hypnotists being checked and broken up; for the
effect of this stream being made indirect or semi-direct, its dominating
power is thereby greatly diminished.