New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-08
NJ HBOOKS AND NEWEDITIONS


o,,,,,,,ss and none of which yields up its ndividu-
Atty entirely to the rest, nor to the apparen'iy
single consciousness by when man -
TO be ruled The units in this comolha''o" " NJ,
trav a readiness to break out in open ie'o'.' -
x.,n,nelv assist each other in time OF heeu' do -
ebown in the efforts to repair the iaNde "
s,.a.sa Az there are drugs which produce all .he
carving svmptoms of mania" so the susses'io"
Aecomes almost imperative that III inc
~ the vital organization It's own oie"
oroduce the same changes on the ST. -.
49, drugs do" Much of this cell movement ih'e-
w 49,, dis,n,egrating reintegrating. goes on
S,hov outside of what IS known as conscious
n.ss But that apparently is ohV pec"use
ordinary consciousness has been deVeiopeu III
manner to exclude it from view. Ap-
normal consciousness may deai WIFI ue ~
recond,te physiological notifications Inc con-
scous ego represents neither one Pe'S''''
ror ,wo. u Is the aggregate Of all the lnsthc'Nc
yrowtbs and mental manifestations OF the per
e:ctive and reflective powers peruuin's
secondary personality" The Phenomena VI '
of hypnotism. Of insanity show now inns .on-
o,ousness Ia modified when any OF us factors
,.ao,oa from the total either for a time or
,a,or,,v or course all this, and an minnie
doa, more which fills Mr.. Kings two volumes
accented leave little room Tor the o'ui''"'' "
Uefs concerning the soul or spirit. CONSCIOUSNESS
becomes no more than the lamoeh' na'''' ,a az.
800 q surface changing activity ana nue. WIFI 'no
,. ., tho elements from which 1t rises II
Ch
,., can have no existence apart from Inc
n,u,tpIe& Of cells which sustain IL. n"' a.
phenomenon of the organism IL Is caPaoie Va
velopment and mind is form OF grow" me w
or,anic structure itself The author mas re''i"'N"
h,s skill in collecting and arranging the instances
Itch no uses in making up his argument his DOOM
Go a downright thesaurus OF anecdo'e aouu'
dreams clairvoyance. hypnotism epheps!, n's"''I,'
,d,ocv abnormal bodily forms and Whatever elSe
illustrates his theme
7, is almost startling TO note how many vi t,e
cases OF hallucination examined ny 1T W. w,
,,.ra IN his book The Blot Upon the BRAN
Isorond edition, G. y. Putnams Sons) are "s'O
,ated with noises or pains in the ears Inc au'no'
oavs particular attention to what he ca'S ''o
fermentation of Luther, who was certain! AN
frea In his conjectures about the niue''0 Va
devil and was frequent sufferer from loo.''"0'
earache. giddiness and so on lie quoes =. zen
torrer az saving "When l was at Coburs III i''V'
NOS torn,ented with a noise and buzzihs Ill my
.ar inst as though there was some WIN 'e
through my head. The devil had sohiO'',''' =,
with A." What Luther actually su1ereo "o" "
~ Ire,and's opinion was '1rritabilty OF '"e
,.,r I" Rut this defect did not modify HIS ~
lieious views Nor. in the opinion OF 'he ""'" w.
go tho eccentricities of Mahomet. especiaiiy HIS
soca,led epilepsy proof that the FOUNDER VI i'
was insane Unconscious cerebratoh' w",
60 important theme in Mr.. KING ooo"
,,oned above Is denied by DR.. Ireland a''ose'"e''
IN he few and meagre In chapter Oh o. -
xyv,ar considerable space Is given 10 an "e"-
nent upon the miraculous preser'atio" "
saint's body after death. Or. lreldhu
that the body was embalmed. but that 'he i"C' We
yar,ooked by persons predisposed 10 mlraoie'
-, tho Testimony of witnesses at the )uucidl III
,,oo,,on ~ Xayier's miracles he has coHec'eu
..oos If various wounds which AFFORD presuihp-
t,on of post-mortcm treatment Inc case 10 ~,
esting because the preservation Oh @>"' 49,.
has been a great matter OF controversy a' s".''"
,,r,es DR. Ireland examines the Vasa'ieS oi
r or,n.rors the hereditary neuross OF the
c.,,,sh roval family the Authorizations OF Joan
~ Arc and other examples mat Illus. ~
theme. Then he has several chapters "'oiN-'e
study of the functions of the BRAIN Inc c""iee
and additions in the second editioh nave 'e
norsated for by abridgment OF the WORK as II was
FIRST published.
7, Is not much wonder that Vaughan Hours
-.,,h tho Mvstics' Imported by Charles Scribners
Sors, has reached a sixth edition. Few men nave
varied the treatment of difficult theme as lie mas
dome The Platonlc dialogue would nave peei '
some alone but II has been varied by piici e"'"'''
NV narratives that seem to belong 10 'ne 'e'!
,ies of which they treat. by mere freaks OF 1ahcs
.h,oh IN snite Of their lightness contribute 10
oornrehension of the subject, and finally by love
en,sode which, though rather formally anu anu
sively treated. Is still in the manner Oh 'ie no'
ern novel One only needs 10 contrast the ine'"o'
NJ the ordinary history Of philosophy Win 'n"'
shown In this book to how much Inauguration
as well as learning Vaughan lavished on MS "o'N'
Fords Howard G. Hubert have repubished in
small volume DR.. John Lords essays on rreoerSh
the Great and Prince Bismarck; and with these
Bayard Taylor's Bismarck Character SKetch'
Bismarck's speech before the Reichstag IN 1893 on
a proposed tax looking TO an Increase IN the uei-
man Army and the text Of the Austro-uernldh
treaty which was referred TO In the speech. Inc
is made,
man Giants" and is ornamented with portraits Oh
both Frederick and Bismarck
II "a fair to suppose that a translation OF
Rousseau's Social Contract has a literary rather
than a political or socialist intent. Al least ua'
appearance is given TO the version OF Rose NJ
Harrington published by c. P. Putnams Sons by
the scholarly introduction of Professor Edward
L. Walter Of the University Of Michigan Pro-
fe.sor Walter goes quite fully into the history OF
the period before and after the first publication OF
Rousseau's book. He shows how incredibly more
shameful the treatment received by the iaoor-
ing classes in Rousseaus early days than the
worst known to the present age. and then he ex-
ar,ines the effect Of the work on the public from
the moment 1t first saw the light until the present
time 1t is possible that he overestimatcs the IN
fuence Of the book upon thinkers; for as a matter
nj fact Rousseau said almost nothing Of importance
mat had not already been said. But the eccentric
dreamer with his beautiful style like q burning
glass TO focus the views Of other less popular
writer's upon the very parts which needed the
surgery of the Revolution In France. If Rousseau
had never existed the modern social theorist like
Mary would have risen from the ashes OF flchte
and Hegel after German philosophy had risen
over English empiricism. But II must be said that
Rousseau may have FASTENED the advent OF the
later socialism. The new translation reads well.
.orhe Private Life Of the Romans. by Harriet
Waters Preston and Louise Dodge p-each, sheweh
& Sanborn). is a compilation from modern German
o,thors for students who desire a compendious work
On the subject indicated. The text is rendered
clearer by many illustrations. and the work Is
full enough to be convenient resource In Roman
historical study where matters Of personal and
domestic life in question
Dr. ]. NJ. Rice has collected In volume with