The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-08

on trust, since she never yet has disap-
pointed her readers.
The pretty volume 10 published by
Dana Estes IL Company Portland; Lor-
ing, Short s. Harmony, ana contains q
pleasing variety of graceful ana sympa-
thetio stories, touched with the bright
humor and gay fancy which never fails
this writer.
Two dainty and pretty little companion
volumes especially suitable for holiday
gifts are Among the Birds and Among
the Flowers. They consist of selections
from standard poets, and are illustrated
in colors. (Messrs. Dana Estes b Co.
A privately printed book comes to us
from Boston, entitled Suggestions Instead
of Medicine, by Charles NJ. Barrows.
The author advises US to leave the meta
physical aspects OF healing TO those who
are able to deal with them, decline for
the time being propositions founded solely
on faith, and undertake to carry on our
investigations by the light Of science,
which lie neither more nor less than the
armed with the weapons OF the times.
Mr.. Barrows thus briefly outlines the
course to pursue; "Consider whether
getting well by psyohioal means is the
same thing as getting well by the aid of
medicine. Separate, as far as possible,
things psyohical from things physical in
the phenomena discussed Decide what
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action, and under which OF the two
classes of events this experience falls
then examine tine healer's part in the
same way. Determine the meaning and
province Of therapeutics. Finally make
careful study OF actual practice of
pscyhioal treatment, it's successes and
failures and learn from reliable sources
what diseases have been cured in this
manner"
Mature is the healer" says Mr.. Bar
rows, and his theory Is that one must
assist nature by suggestion, which does
not In this case mean hypnotic sugges-
tion,'' which is merely another name for
mesmerism. Whether or not one comes to
the same conclusions that the author
does by his course of reading, 1t is quite
worth while to read the tiny volume, and
Asce rtain what there is In 1t to advance
ones thought or knowledge In this i'm
portant direction.
The Decembsr Atlantic contains much
notable poetry. 1t opens with some de-
lightfuI and hitherto imprinted verses by
James Russell Lowell; it elsewhere con.
tains The Bird OF Passage, the grand ode
read by Owen Wister at the dedic alton Of
the Boston Symphony Hall (already SO
much discussed), which appears here for
the first time In Its entirety, while Stuart
Sterne. Hildegarde hawthorne, and
others contribute brilliant shorter poems
the whole exhibiting unusual excellence
and variety.
Miss Iewett's The Tory Lover increases
ing fresh and interesting situations.
Mrs. Virgins Penelope Irish Expert
ences continue to interest and delight
their many readers, being as full OF the
Celtic spirit and Celtic humor as II the
writer were Ito the manner born"
john Fiske details the story-character
istic OF our nat ional development-of q
typical New England town ami traces
its history, struggles, and triumphs,
making q sturdy contrast with A.
NJ aurice Lows picture of Washington,
City of Leisure, the only one in the civil
lied world today.
Goodwin smith denouncss the pernicious
theory that would exaIt War as Moral
Medicine, tonic to the health of nations,
and Gerald Stanley Lee describes The
Dominance of the Crowd-the crushing
out OF this individual by the multitude in
modern pace times.
There are various other excellent papers
by Frank l.. Sanborne, President Ben
jamin 1. Wheeler and Henry l.. Abbott,
while Walter Allen discusses the life ana
character OF William II. Seward.
In lighter vein are Christmas stories
by the Countess Cesavssco and Florence
wilkinson; q weird Scotch tale by John
Buchan. and Characteristic sketch by
Eliza Orne White The Contributors
Club IL especially lively, brilliant and
Interesting III l.. b