, 1876-06-17
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Pr. 3ilo. Now York: l.. T.. putnan,'s Suns.
chicago: Jansen McCIusg & Co. Price, s. 21
The little book entitled The Physics and
Physiology Of spirtual's1n," published by DR..
Hammond aoH1c years ago, md nnw out Of print,
has been rewritten md expanded by fts nutllor
Into tic bulky volume before Us. Az now pre-
sentcl, the work drala ut leug,h With the varied
manifestations called sprltualistie, and withtho
mental and physical phenomena clasacd under
the terms hysterIa catI1cpsy, ecstasy, somnan'-
bullsm, miraculous healing, stigmatlzation, etc.
The author scouts the lIca Of supernatural
cntlHe for my nt the mysterious appearances,
possessions, mil demonstrations TINT liayc ns-
lonished url pcrplcxtd mankind at every age Ut
the world; mud refers them unrcscrvediy to a
distorted imagination Or a dcrnhgcd nervous
syetcnl. .
Ills modo of argument consists chiefly 1t sot-
ting forth n'legcd eases Of spiritual or other
filth In thelr Ecnliincness; and, by their side,
plarlng other instances thas lllyc onco equally
baiflctl scrutiny, but arc now known to have
origin in naa<lics of mind Or body. Tho ticluo-
tfoi naturally follows, that MI phenomena
which seem 70 hc produced by surerluman
agttcics nro really to be accounted for by nat
urnl yatlses. This conclusion Ialls good deal
ellort Of demonstration, a,ld will, therefore,
be accepted only by those who, like Dr. Hum
moi,d, 'ilsbclloyc in spirits, asnl understand
something Of the wonderful vaEhrscs of the bll-
man mind III health ns well as Iii disease.
a lnEge amount Of rcAdlDg III the literature Of
medicine nntl VI superstition lus bccu necessary
III tho construction OF the work, lii rntns having
been spared to cover every point In tho subject.
THE PILOT. AND HIS WIFE, by JoSAa Itn
Translated by Mrs. OLE nulL. 1!M,e., PIP. .s3H.
Cl,icagu: $. e. Urgcs g. Co.
Therr fs n fresh, wholesome, ttfvigorattng at
mospllcre pcrya,lfng the best llct!uns III tic
Morse literature, tlnt Affects the mental attl
physical being like the balsMn!c olor Of pines
or tic brEny smell Of the sea. Every srnso ls.
for tic time being, refined and stimulated III by
thu action Of n purifying nnd exhuratlng tun!c.
II Is Gontact will uncontuulinhtca nature, IN
tcTprettng itself in nrtless and spontaneous OK
prrssiOts that crcutcs the sanitary effect; aud
1t Is grateful wherever and tn whatever form w
meet with It,
the lpve-story of "1he Pilot aud Ills Wite"
is Nv n writer heretofore ,rnknnwn to the En-.
glislleprnklng public; but he Inns tho talent Of
his gifted coiintrymcfl, of being honest and TN
affected IN Ills tdeal'zalons of llusnau life. Tho
ssn'plc, ssroHE' rugged clements af Morse Ssa1-
without The rxngEernt!on uf llc tertilc To'aanecr
| they are strikfNg!y impressive. Tic leading
Fersonugts, after whom his novel L. namcd, be-
long to the hnHhleAt ranks Ut the people,
They have neither education nor erganve, tut
they have true hearts, whirfi always fpeak an
unsoph[stfcatc't lnnguage; md this h is tn-
yaTlahly ,y Ielient ana profit to a., llstM! y, r..
Elizabeth, t1lu pilots wife. exhibits . hoole
strong Individuality, hut endowed With iiary,
nent'stt9nE truts, tl.at, until sllhducd, work