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schoolmistress at the age of sixteen, she had been forced for the same reason to resign nineteen appointments. After leaving Neuwelcke she lived with a sister-in-law who had a number of small children, all of whom became quite accustomed to her duality, and used to say that they had two Aunt Emiles. A detailed account of this case, with the names of all the witnesses—the mistresses, maids, directors and the whole of the pupils—was supplied by Mile de Guldenstubbe, who was at the Academy all the time that Mile Sagee was a mistress there. It may thus be considered as sufficiently documented, and it is almost unique in the period covered, the opportunities for observation, and the variety of observers. It is a classic example of the perfect Double, the solidity of either part being maintained, the vital and mental qualities being transferred easily and in variable proportions, and each half being able to function normally at a considerable distance from the other; though it has not been told whether each retained, independently, the power of speech. A case on similar lines was reported by W. T. Stead in Borderland. The Double of his friend Mrs. A. attended an evening service at his church on October 13th, 1895, while she herself (if one may so describe it) was in bed, very ill. Mrs. A.'s Double, which was seen by many and recognized by Stead and by four others of her friends, entered the church during the first hymn, walked up the aisle and entered a vacant pew next the choir. She accepted a hymn-book handed to her by a lady, but did not appear to sing; and sat perfectly still throughout the service. A verger, thinking she had no hymn-book, offered her another, which also she