The sun., 1897-05-01

,., n,v,eus or Important ana rnterostinE
Nv. NnM Pnbllcntlona.

m ary nocuiar and not too fragrant work Of
una. u,nj biography, Tho Grocn Carnation."
supp story OF occult practices leading 10
I.,or Mo NJ souls Herbert 8. Stone & Cob Much
rorv gloomy mischief arises from this
Ans ns.o,ous business. An evil soul expols good
eav'i S., rom its desirable and handsome habita-
49, and usurps Its place, and the elected soul
sn1, Judgment In the person OF vulgar and do
.-.dcd Girl Of tho streets, from which surprising
s.rtorc ground 1t exhibits itsolf occasionally in
NJ form OF fame, which dances peculiarly
.nd nurely in the girls eyes. Tho theory Is
s,rc embodied and enlarged, that souls arc
r,,,be things. and that, when the conditions
,,c favorable they may be seen escaping from
The mouths OF dying persons. and floating away,
A. tho accompaniment OF q strange, thin, tremu-
,o,, cry. into space OF course, story founded
nror this idea is not bound to be merely do.
,.c,abe. and Of Mr.. Hichons's tale It Is 10 bo
..a that 1t is formidable rather than pleasant.
The Incidents In tho chapters on table tipping
ara very graphically narrated, and II tho reader
do.s not yield to them tho hattering ac-
tpowledgment involved in the phenomenon
A abundant gooseHesh we shall bo a good
deal mistaken. Dogs, 1t is here very
m,nutely and Interestingly set forth. have tho
pover to detect and differcntiate tho several
oualties OF souls, and when. In tho darkness, at
the conclusion OF "sitting," the soul Of valen-
tine Crcswell has escaped visibly through his
mouth to the accompaniment Of the small dis
turbng cry that has been remarked, and when,
after an interval tho fair habitation that had
riyen shelter to that whito and blameless soul
has been usurped by the most evil soul of the
most wicked MARIA now Cagliostro operating in
tho great and fruitful field Of contemporaneous
London. and whose real name Is Wilson-the
immedatencss, the inevitablenoss, and the lively
and yoclforous circumstance with which Cres-
wells little dog Rip finds the whole business out
and expresses its keen emotions in tho matter,
are AZ disturbing, as weirdly mysterious, and as
strong an incentive to occult speculation as any
thing that we just now recall. 1t may be re-
marked that this canine ability Of psychical
divination does not depend at all on tho
size Of the dog. Just as little Rip snuffed
out and understood instantly the fact Of tho
presence In tho body Of Creswcll OF the soul Of
Mari, so did the enormous mastiffs belonging to
Dr. Lever. the distinguished physician. whose
chief pastime and recreative enjoyment con-
sisted in the contemplation of the polish on his
boots, reach without hesitancy the Same identi
cal results and offer to tear the body of their
friend Valentine to pieces for the sufficient rea
son that the foul soul Of Mari or Wilson had
succeeded in getting into 1t.
The excellent soul Of Creswell was ahoat for
cone time before 1t found for itself what It con-
uidered to be suitable new domicile. Creswell's
bosom friend, Julian Addison, going homo from
the fateful sitting" in the dusk Of tho early
morning. beheld Creswells soul repeatedly, now
lowering tentatively about tho head of female
inebriate loose-squatted upon tho fog-sodden
doorstep Of lordly mansion, and anon out
.-.en hoohorornd a, Sooas.nt ,,rors ,ost.-.
wh., 4, dj.oov.roa Cn,Lo, prIu,t "th.
IL ., ~. to.tho-.m -, a. a.. a.,
,or,,oroa =. oh. r.. n.r..L;,n lei
uosc,snt ,nnot;,e n, tbo nrrcbos,bIo hosn;t.I.
,tv =, an a,r.n;a,ht hrn ona ,oeva. stou a. as,ah
T.h.d tel, ,.;th h.r a. ono.. ond M. 4. No,
~. ,,,., ,,,,,..h.n.,h,. .h,ns- l., ,h. - o..
~, hord tn o.. hov, q ,,.rson ,t CnoLoo,s oho :.
..,o- co,Is oooor,n,oas,. to sorI. ~ ono.
,sou,h 4, 49, -. ~ oo,,-.. ,hat .h. "a -"
mi At all or,oina,lv. and morsovsr this W "a
f,.nlIv a ,o.t.,Io.. ,oia .nd do.. not ,r.,.na 20
,ccopn, tor .v.rvtbing
7, .coo,,nt, ho,-oy.r ,,- ,,ood d.., rh.
nocto- o.d vaIon,ins ava Jn,,sn h.y. ,r.,,.n-
dops coIIoo,;ss IN which ali that has sver h..r
.,..sr., ~ s.r,ard to ma ami -s6oeth.r ,vith !.
.rea, a..l corcsrn,no tn. hodv "a set forth ,vitb
netien, attention In narticuiarn that has neces-
,,t,ted a hook of inward NJ 400 c,oaeIv nrintea
naoe. Thu, A. 10 con.id.ros xvi,h . ni.. No.
sistenrs that recalls N. di.,o.r.. q, p,ato
vbetber m. te-ma genius and obedience ouar.
rel what form. ira taken bv embodied tboneht.
and vbs,be- Oh. y.rvino ro,ss IN I,t.ratrr. .r.
attr;butable IN fuctuat;ons In the health ~ tb.
liver and IN the tannin IN strone ten Crs,w.lI
has very distinct imnressions regarding em.
bodied thoughts. On the occasion Of the third
.sittinR" he ia Allied with an arden. desire IN
behold the monstrons nroce.aion Of incarnat.d
brain actions that he IA confdent are troonino
from the mind of bosom.friend Julian II IA
dark. and he cannot actually sse them. nor IL it
likely that A lipht of anv Lnovn oandla no1vsr
would be of much assistance IN him IN this end
though 1t might be supnoaed tbat one who oouid
Zee soul would he able IN .ee a tbouobt. b,t
his Imagination supnlles him with a snsctacle
that is denied to his physical eve In his i'm.
agination he sces a bost ~ "smaII sn.r.
phantomlike tb;nps fringod With are
as weapon against the da,knsaa s,Ient
footed as spirits. movin9 WITH n level
,mns,,. opnHe' moving win ie'ei
onward to the vast world NJ clasbino m,nas 10
which we eareles.ly cast mn, onr ,bonoh,s =. =
man who shoots rubbish into a cart The va.
grant fancles danced along With attsnna,sd
steps, and tiny, whimsical ess,nre. ~ 1airiss