New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-14

Point with his saddle-bags in Lis homespnn garments
and people who were not cqual 10 their beautiful eli
mate in integrity and character" There was much in
Stonewa Jacksons character to inspire respect that we
are sorry the task OF writing his biography was not com
mitted to moro competent hands.
sHAKSPEARES DELINEATIONS OF INSANITY
sHAKsPEAREs DFLrNEATloEs or INSANITY, IMBE
Gritty Am SUICIDE. Is A. % kELLocG u. D.. Assistant
rhyscsu S.,,s L,rstic Asylum Ulol h l. lsno. Tp 2oi
ldrd Holghtou.
The ESSAYS which compose is volume designed 70
illustrate tho wonderful oxactness OF the Psychological
knowledge possessed By the great dramatst whom an
eminent physician to the insane pronounced to be himself
as great psychological curiosity any insanity he
had ever met. That Shakspeare's knowledge on many
subjects was very far in advance Of that of bis cOtempoa
res is well known aud Dr. Kellogg believes that il is pos
sibe doiucc from ms writings complete Psychological
aud psychological system aleeiue in almost every
ta particular With thai which we Ios's the t.
suit Of the scientific research and experience Of tn LIST
two centuries In the characters OF Macbeth Lear, Ham
Leland Ophela the poet describes with the mos anutc
accuracy types Of insanity which may be seen every day
in uuoic aFlus ard represents ne origin, growth
and successive developments of moal disease with
truthulness that is almost startling. Tho late Dr. Brig
ham Of tbs Utica Asylum asserted that he had seen all OF
Saspeares insane characters in The wards OF thai lnsti-
tuition and DR.. Kellogg gives verbatim report of con-
vcrsgtion with ofhi female patients which romark-
ably like certain passage TINT Shakespeare puts into the
mouth of Ophea Tho patient in question presents
strong resemblance 10 Ophcia her History her mfor-
tunes aud her insane actions The madness q Hamlet
pr kellogg holds to have been roa and not fegnel
Shakespeare recognized that hoTo Of meanohohe
madness, Of a delicate shade n which the reasoning
faculties the intellect proper far from being overcome
or oven disordcrod may the other hand be rendered
more active and vigorous while the WILL the moral feel
inss She sentiments affections, the faculties
which alone seem to suffer froa the stroke Of disease.
HamIets insanity was Of thi, kind.
In chasing Jaques [" As You Like IT, among the in
characters think Dr. kellogg has pushed his fond
for the analysis of diseased mental act mtogeiler
too far DO any Iropicy in printing the essay
on Corlea IN volume such This merely because she
was q good nurse for crazy father d.. Kellogg Ia his
introductory pages also claims for Shakespeare mar
veous prescence Of the scientific discoveries Of modern
times which VIC cannot think justified by the facts in The
case. 1t is true lac ~ayf, that insanity generally
regarded by the poets contemporaries an nliccn ofthe
Devil, to be cured by spells anuei, chains stripes and
exorcsmsi but it is not true that the poet the first to
recognize il yoTahe disease Of the brains the knowl.
edge of the real nature Of this terrible nacton is os old as
the time Of Pyhaeons and Ascepade prescribed treat
ment ofment disorders almost identical with the modern
system The teachings Of the ancient physicians were
ndee practically ignored in The middle ages and the con
turtles Immediately succeeding them; but 1t s not at all
unlikely that Shakespeare knew Of their theories and had
saglcty enough to sec that they true. II is quito
unnecessary to ascre 10 him the glory Of original dis
coveyer. So too when DR.. Kellogg quotes Falston ex-
claiming, "Haye laid my brain IL the sun, and dried IT,
that it lacks matter to prevent such gross oeueachng as
this 2" end off be served another s1ch trick viii have
my bius taken out and buerod and given to dog FOR
Dew-ycar gift and aques speaking Of Ae brain Of fool
dry" in proof that Shakespeare anticipated modern
researches by making The brain the seat Of mental dcnnee
nent he orgets that Gacn himself placed the intellect
in the brain. lie has little Tor supposiug
that the dlamats preceded Lis contemporaries in tho
knowledge Of the circulation OF te blood; but ought
not to overlook the fac that although Hayeys great dis
covery was not Published until few years oler Shak
spares DEATH IL was not strictly sp aking, reyca-
ton but rather the scientific establishment Of truth
which had been suspected before There bad been for
some time vague flea that the veins distributed the
blood to the different parts Of The bO3y-slich We now
know is lust the opposite Of their real function for the
arteries distribute the blood aud tho veins carry it back 60
The heart and there is evidence IN the passage Which
Dr. Kellogg cites that Shakespeare had any other than
tits vague and incorrect notion. That he should have
known so much Is remarkable enough, and need not
claim for him prescionco which would have been lido
less than miraculous AID which cannot prove That he
ever possessed.
The second part of Dr. Kellogg book consists efpaers
on the mbeclcs Of thc plays such Doebery Mayoho,
Launce Caliban, Bottom and Ounce These essays arc
pleasantly written and tho quotations scattered through
them are vel chosen and arranged, though thoro is no
preense Of great originality depth OF thought. Tho
closing paper on sucde is analysis q the character Of
OIcllo.