Harry Price Library of Magical Literature

Abstract

To celebrate the transference of the library and records of the University of London Council for Psychical Investigation to the new University building in Bloomsbury, a dinner was held on January 22 at the Hotel Splendide. The occasion was also a mark of the Council's appreciation of the valuable work which Mr. Harry Price has done for psychical research and of his generosity to the University, and an illuminated testimonial to that effect was presented to him. The chairman, Dr. C. E. M. Joad, in complimenting Mr. Price, pointed out that in the early stages of all sciences, the experiments were carried out by private individuals at their own expense, and that it was to co-ordinate such activities and avoid acrimonious correspondence and personal animosities, that the Royal Society itself was founded. Mr. Price, in his reply, gave a short survey of the positive results of his many years of investigation, and concluded that sufficient evidence has been obtained to justify scientific investigation of telekinesis, thermal variations, teleplasmic masses, secondary trance; personalities and extra-sensory perception of various kinds. The future of psychical research, he said, lies with the universities, and already there are six universities abroad taking the study seriously. The evening concluded with a demonstration by Mr. and Miss Tree, the foremost vaudeville telepathists in Britain. Their performance is remarkable for the extraordinary rapidity with which their code-system can be worked.