The particulars of the accounts given here are taken from the most authentic sources: mostly, from the excellent and admirable work of my friend Mr. Henri Lasserre, already known throughout France, and far beyond it. Scrupulously accurate, Mr. Lasserre wished to see everything, hear everything, and judge of everything for himself. He passed entire months at Lourdes and in its vicinity, sparing neither expense nor fatigue to go and question those who are said to have been miraculously cured; hence his testimony is rather that of the actors themselves and of the witnesses to the prodigies which...