The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-26
sIeep and Dreams.


Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls Company an
nounce as one OF their late publications .
volume containing sleep and Dreams. q
Scientific Dissertation" by DR.. Friedrich
Schelz and the Analogy of Insanity to Sleep
and Dreams, ny Milo A. Jewelt. III. d.
This is y book easy to read aud not difficult to
digest. IL is writted for popular use. White it
makes no large demands upon the knowledge
OF the laity, it will not bs an unwelcome con-
tr10ut1on 10 the science of the mind. Sleep,
its cause aud phenomena, dreams sleepless-
insanity to sleep and dreams are the subjects
treated. 1t is, indeed, ensy to follow the author
as he tells us in the iutroduction:-
YOU ueed not fear that l shall conduct YOU
along the dizzy heights of Speculation or into
the abyss OF metaphysics. No, We will remain
on the well-mads road, and the ascent will NOT
be difficult. Aud we will not confue ourselves
10 enjoying the beautiful view, but like tho
energetic collector who fills his box with useful
our excursion-some good lessons which shall
have the merit. SO highly esteemed nowadays,
or being practical good, sensible receipts
Tor household uSSi'
Harper's Magazine for october.
Hdrper's Magazine for October opens with
the first OF Edwin Lord Weeks articles describ-
ing the Journey across Persia. which he und.r.
took last year, with Theodore Child. The route
described lies between Trebizond and Tabreez.
where the first stage OF the journe y ended in q
cholera trap. The Illustrations, from mir.
Weeks sketches, are unusually attractive.
There is another Of Mrs. Penaen's descriptions
OF a picturesque town-this time it is Toulouse
-copioasly Illustrated by Joseph Penpeu-
Colonel I. a. Dodge. of the United States ARMY.
writes of the Arabian horse at his highest estats
in his Syrian home, and the article is gener-
ously Illustrated. Richard Harding Davis de-.
scrioes Undergraduate Life at Oxford. ~ show
some of its lighter aspects, ana for the text
Mr.. w. Hatherell has made five charac-
teristic Illustrations. the Old New York
articles are continued by q study OF "Lispe-
nard's Meadows" by Thomas A. Janvier. illus
trated by W. A, Rogers. DR.. Henry Van Dyka
writes about "Phe Childhood OF Jesus, 10 an
article | Illustrated from famous paintings. .,Our
National Gaair-bird,' y the quail. called par
fridge souta of Mason and D.xou's line :" dnds
a biographer in Charles D. Lanier, who de-
scrioos quail shooting at its best. This article
y embellished by six Illustrations by Mr.. A. B
Frost. An article OF especial timeliness, in
view or the recent agitation regarding the
Hawaiian Islands, IL the Manifest Destiny OF
The unitvd States. " by Hon. Carr Sclarz. Mr..
Charles Roper writes on "witchc aft and
Superstition Ia Norfolk and Charles Dudley
Warner, in the Editors Stadf..' on the lass
material aspects of the Chicago Fair. The
Notion of the October number includes the con-
Guiding chapters OF Miss Woolson's Horace
Chase" and Il liberal lnStallnrns of "Tne Hand
Some Hunes. which is approaching It's climax
and conclusion. Mr.. FraucIs Dana coatributeS3
an amusing sketch, IA Pirate in Pescicoats. /,
aud the Editors Drawer containing bright
verses. anecdotes anu illustrations. is inlro-
duced by q short story by Thomas Nelson Pa ge.
sntltled "A knew What Was Dus to the
Court"