BY THE EDITOR.

THE following series of papers was first prepared for the press in 1872, when a few ladies and gentlemen interested in the cause of
Spiritualism, and believing its interests would be promoted by the publication of a high-toned periodical, agreed to sustain me in the production of " The Western Star," a magazine issued expressly to meet the above design. As soon as I had decided upon the expediency of this undertaking I applied to several European friends from whom I deemed I might obtain literary assistance of the highest value, and contributions which would be more fresh to my American readers than those of the writers on this side of the Atlantic.
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Boston, 1876. EMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN.