To the readers of the Spiritist Review.

Several of our readers have wished to respond to the appeal we made in our first issue, with respect to the information to be furnished to us. A great number of facts have been pointed out to us, among which some very important ones, for which we are infinitely grateful; we are no less so for the reflections that sometimes accompany them, even when they reveal an incomplete knowledge of the matter: they will provide clarifications on the points that may not have been well understood. If we do not make immediate mention of the documents furnished to us, they do not for that reason go unnoticed by us; we always take good note of them, so that they may be turned to account sooner or later. Lack of space is not the only cause that may delay publication, but also the opportuneness of the circumstances and the necessity of relating them to the articles of which they may be useful complements.

The multiplicity of our occupations, together with the extensive correspondence, sometimes leaves us in the material impossibility of replying, as we would wish and as we ought, to the persons who do us the honor of writing to us. We earnestly beg them not to interpret unfavorably a silence that is independent of our will. We hope that their good will shall not slacken and that they will not wish to interrupt their interesting communications; in this regard, we again call their attention to the note we inserted at the end of the introduction of our first issue, concerning the information that we kindly request, begging, moreover, that they not fail to tell us when we may, without committing an impropriety, make mention of the places and the persons. The observations above apply equally to the questions addressed to us on various points of the Doctrine. When they require a development of greater length, it is all the less possible for us to reply in writing, since the same thing must often be repeated to a great number of persons. Since our review is intended to serve as a means of correspondence, such replies will naturally find a place in it insofar as the subjects treated offer us the opportunity, and this with all the more advantage the more complete and profitable the explanations are. Allan Kardec.

Paris. — Typ. of Cosson et Cie, rue du Four-Saint-Germain, 43.