, 1873-12-20
LITERATURE.

HnnHNA 1,1oA1i9 4 Innaa ~ s 5kn saga II gm
1ansei, 1ia"a1sit:cii Mcciurs Il oo. 'f " ~ 0''~'S'
Ilio author hoema W AaSo 'l'"..o ntson ptao-
tieal!y mil thoroaghly acq"ointod Win "aplfAu.
allsm or 'splr'1''n' ~ no u''i'a ~ II, III
its plinseH. Not only did no attonh circles
md "scances" almost without number, but
llo studied tho history of 1t as rovoa1od
o7 ~ ''o no' "aa. ,.,o... o
past, alld no 6lses bsea' varioty u quo
tations nnd facts from them, illustrating tho
different phases it has aaanmod In anctont and
mof1orp tirca trhe first l,ntf of tho boo], Ia 1e
a..., l.. H.. ~,,,,os,,,l,, ~ +t,o u,h,oo+ hf+oro-
soseu u 'no l'l''iooopnJ y. ~, ",.a
anining lho lsfosendoo toYee1lonS ol LUG Hp'flts
OF departed statesmon aud sagos, ho concludes
saynpo nn nrEuittyo in ita forms Of tho,trht ,ono
rant a.d iinbcco iu liz conccpon Of uniformity n
natnre arrogant and Irejuaicin III ia inyestlgatona,
artia and ogcal IN IT. eol!octoh q tcal,ony, nnu
a s sias va ".iv sarued d viii nena. In cysEy senso
Of tho torn. anscicntino.
The next cl1aptor fH devoted to Tho unphilo-
tho conclusion reached; .-,
splritIa, though claiming to DO rs yet bit Guild
IN ,enrs. Is really an oa lrse'. 2! extremely anti
4nated appearance neag ~ nl as snag gn9faGe.
:$ + sSss sisSSf S +
PersIa, thsn With lilo nnalyt!e philosophy If tlay;
ni;l hence nowithstan1'E u.s. nign nfetenslohe' I'LL
ph,,oHoph'ea1 anu gross N, ~ "s .,' ,eaeh.nas' !
Wc need scarcely add that this conclusion Ia
reached aftor full and very elaborate collec-
| tion of historical facts, md g comparison of
| them With tho claims Of modern Spiritual1Bn,
| Tho second and Iurgor part OF the book ia
devoted to tho phonotrena Of spiritiam, nH nro-
snntoi Nv its vokaree, Montal deraneomeut
somua1nbuliyn,, the witchcraft- t-toluaion, mental
op!tlomics. tho unconscious action of The brain,
Of Mental Tclographlng a,ld rrevision." ho
| concndcp sOmo yory curious qualities to tho
hunoan mind. He says that ssIdoas arc COM
m,,l,icatcd from, mind to mind without tho colt
scioua use Of tho physical organs OF sight, hear
Worthy Gentleman Who ss was 81 peculiarly
suscontiblo to nlontal Impressions Frequently
| forotollinr tho arriyal Of glleBtH howover unox-
peototi their coming had boon; and OIL moro than
| one occnsiou be was conveniently alsont whom q
v dun 1 VAS mcditatng M descent on r tho house; @
| An Immensely convonfont quality, especially for
those wllouo ). financial affairs ire always 1iabo
to bring on ut any moment lilo "criBis Of
nroarns md prcscntimonts ARC discussed witt,
| gono yory curious illustrations, and tho author
seomB to admit Tint tloy sometimes arc tue ronl
foreahadowings OF actual events soon to follow.
| ITo nnya thnt he hiulBelf could oncc describe
ti,e M '"s1 featuros. personal appoaranco. md
chnracteristica Of persons unknown to
him. by holding q lock Of their hair
| in hs hnnls. IIo was opco in q room where.
,nonv vcnrs hofero. thoro Ind bonn ft,neraI''
Of Ij,,o circnmetanccao Of which, ho know nothing
Ifo snvs: II eayo nm accurate description Of
tl,o crountpg Of Tho guosta, lie location of the
ramsina. tbe nostion Of tlo ofliciatinr clorcy
n1an an1 varinua other narticulnrn. fiaya tLi1ys
icac'rir1 III fhc urescuco Of Iei,. f,-ie,,ds. mr.
! aonu ouc ,ina1 and vim wGro atttirn,y unl;ttnw,
IN Tio,u l,o was nblo to do thig. he did not
knnw'-,n foct. knew M Iittlo about # m any ono
eiso' '' @@''0'' '@'''~ '''''
| Thcre uleuomena aro about tho same rs those
oxhih;ted bv tIo younr MN Brown. who
Showed hoyond question that, by
taking anothor's hand, he (Brown)
cnnId rood ar toll what was going on in tint
ohnra 1u nir,i Il ror ;nntauco norsan MIGHT hi1o
anyIhne. and Brown. without knowing what it
wan, would load the person directly to it. This
he lid scoro Of timea at lttle social GATHERING
in this city. Tho whole narty were Thoroughly
convinced TINT there wus no ai,am about it. Ho
did i,,st what he profcssed to do. but lo assorted
liz eentro ;enoranco as to how ho fla It. Fronin
asnnro ,1s, tEat other persons have told what was
eoine o,, in their uiuils without peraonal con-
tact. For instance, they would think
| Of anna louartel friend. md tho