New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-11

s,npulorly tender conscience 1t IL true he srepIe-
scn,ed as seeking fame rather than money. though
considering his Ecw-England descent that hnehV
be Thought but an additional abnOrmality OF char-
acter IN him. But he allows the iniqulty OF DIS
nroceedincs to be brought home to him with a
facility scarcely consistent with what Is reateo oi
his antecedents. Still 1t is most excellent foonhs.
and the general public Will never perceive nov
recklcssy Mr.. Besant has mixed up DIS oec"i'
doctrines and ms Spirltualisn. making one Vi pui
suits and specuations when arc Taicaii' o'"oioh'
if not essentially antagonlstic.
In one in deed his csreiessness leads HIM
into n mistake which is scarcely cxcusahe. Herr
Paulns is represented being n very powerful
mosmerjst or magnctizcr. This Is the one real git
he possesses, and with it he produces his most
startling effects But Mr. BeSant slows him as hold
ing tins power on condition of leading al entirciy
passIonless and ignoble existence aud o! losing IL
when he falls in love. Now 1t Is un1uestlonapiy
good occult doctrine that the a talnment OF certain
high powers demands the ascetic life: put uhior-
tunately for Mr.. Bcsants position. tho magnetic
power is not numbered among those referred TO-
Moreover thu magnetic power is real aud 80 10 say,
exoteric. 1t is almost comm n possession anu IL
can be highly dcyeloped by constant practice. Ihat
Ii is quite capable of producing as inspiring eHecS
as Herr Paulas Is made responsible for-that IS to
execution. through that other person. of various
mechanical acts and so fortl-has been conclusive
w proved of late by the experiments of Dr. Char-
cot and his colleagues and pupils a Inc Sapetr'cre
and elsewhere Science chooses 20 call the phc-
nomena those OF hypnotism bnt the power mas had
many names. and has been known to and exercised
by men for many thousands of years. IL Is power
the possession of which docs not AT all depend upon
the kind of life lived by those who exercise II.
drunken tramp may be more efficient magletlzer
or bvnnot Ter than a man Of the lOflest character
and the most abStem.Ous habits. And therefore
Herr Pau!ns conid not have lost his powers in the
manner described. and to make hlm 60 50 Is not
good art.
Netherthcless it must be admitted that the license
here cmployed adds to the general effect of the
story if 1t does do special credit to the author
research Herr Pauus. indeed, with all his detects
reaIIv cnts unite an imposing figure so long as he
reta,ns his mystic mower aad the scene in he libra
~ when he bypnotzcs Brudcncl and makes him
c,arvoran,lv examine TIE standing ~ Ei' own
old firm is n striking and effective one hcfr Taul-
lis is first overcome by love, but ms oVeGlnr"" II
completed by the vigilance of typlca' Young ""n
of science who sets up camera opscufa OH 1"
norsetop.oud Is TINS enabled 10 witness all that
passes in Brmdcnels library. Here too, the op'ic
conditions arc perhaps, q little pecular' p"' VIZ
must not bS too tNdc'-n!. Inc "V""'"''
of the envoy from thr Adopts OF An's-
sjnia IS crushing. notwith standing the SOHO
ity OF the services rendered by him to Brnieh-
81 and ms family He fails TO win the distinction
he hungcre for Re rot on1 loses lS power ou'
his expectations Of fortune are bhghted ont OF the
contest into which he hal en- cred % hicnly he
emerges a pauper ana practically helpless bat WIN
a wife who l, is to b, hopel, made mp To HIM lor
all his misforiu IS and cons0lcd him for the really
heroic sacrlcas he underwent to regain his So Ire
spec Ia relatd TO his public comics ION. 1ir cs'n'
il Il to be feared LET'S 20 Of solid ground such an
event IS certainly Ihinkabe. bu. 1t IS an feo'-
denied. But Herr Pauus Is not an culinary lAHl.
ylduaI or impostor. He pr ccrds, n NJ. bc'ah,
does lis tie compliment of minimizing lhd' "a
Americans proceed. upon grand mes lie ~ ne
TYNE of . people VINO are su'Pr1ilFr alike III ihTN
virtues aad their VIC :. let IL h0p' that Wh'i
This remarkable Young man permanently T'sIc
from oscu io-nccult, add threw himself. WIN IN
.rdur of Ia. nationality. INTO journalism, he mao"
IN, marx rapidly. He Is very interesting young
rogue though perhaps TOO soft 81 teinp'id-en' u"
.uc,e al oug IN - cXJcflug a profession 80 SWIM
ding Mi Be,ant showed nuch judgment an i u"l
q int deicicY IN marrying him 10 t.lo diisIlrl
of "A WOInOut medium sin"" ~hiir Hi-' ~.
heartily 9nomindted the calling her tHot''l vi
loved her familiarity vita Is acdmy 0Iu' i''''''
Lave been such Is TO Cause h'r 10 we" WIN /"
certain Indulgence the similar ioiOlcj 81 hcr aWcc