The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-06
NEW PUBLTGATIoNs.

book of unusual interest dealing with a
 subject that has interested man and
 claimed the attention of thinkers in all
 ages. It is reprint of the noted
 work by Catharine Grove, author of
 Lilly Dawson" and has an introduce
 tion by Thompson J. Hudson, Ph. D.,
 LL D., author of "The Law of Psychic
 Phenomena" "A Scientific Demonstra-
 tion of the Future Life" etc. In the
 authors preface she remarks that we
 are encompassed on all sides by won
 ders which the finite mind cannot
 comprehend, and to which we become
 insensible through familiarity, but one
 class of these wonders we do not be-
 come familiar with because of their
 comparatively rare occurrence. These
 are either regarded as ridiculous or im-
 possible, or received as evidences of su-
 pernatural interference according to the
 mental make up of those to whom they
 are presented. It is to the latter class
 that the author addresses herself in this
 work, and some of the topics dealt with
 are the following: Allegorical dreams
 and presentiments; warnings; double
 dreaming and frances, Wraiths, etc.;
 doppelgangers or doubles; apparitions;
 the future that awaits us; the power of
 will; troubled spirits; haunted houses;
 spectral lights and apparitions attached
 to certain families; apparitions seeking
 the prayers of the living; the potter
 geist of the Germans, and possession,
 and miscellaneous phenomena. No one
 can read this book without being deeply
 impressed by the array of extremely in
 teresting cases very much to the point
 aimed at which the author has collected from many sources and many countries.
 Dr. Hudson in his introduction says,
 and not few will agree with him.
 Considered merely as a collection of
 stories, the work is far more interest
 ing, fascinating and thrilling than any
 novel that has ever been written, and
 this is true without reference to the
 question whether the stories are true or false, fact or fiction; for disguise it as
 we will or account for it as we may,
 the fact remains that the soul of man
 thrills responsive to any attempt to solve the problem of its destiny" There is something in every human eX-
 perience, someoccurrence, some event
 or series of events, some dream or
 
 lasting impression upon the mind, and all folklore stories bear this out more or less. This work is a repository of traditions and beliefs that are not only of great human interest, but valuable from scientific stanppoint. This book was written half a century ago and the authors conclusions were formed there fore long before psychic research came into vogue and won the recognition of men of note and long before modern spiritualism came in to complicate the situation and before hypnotism began to attract serious attention. Experi- mental psychology had no standing when this book was published. Consid- 1 ering these facts the deductions and conclusions of the author With the situ- ation as it then was are very striking | and impressive, foreshadowing conclu- sions arrived at by men in later years of great name and note and striking a | responsive chord in the hearts of mil lions whose faith in future life is based upon phenomena identical with !, or cognate to those which are so graph ically described in this book. The book will be found remarkably interesting, [ and as before remarked, even those Who | read it only for pastime will not fail to | find the scores of stories and instances | cited intensely absorbing. The book is | published by Henry T. Coates & Co.,. | Philadelphia, and many will thank | these publishers for it's reproduction,
 "Oakford,' by Terry Bockover Cor don; 12 mo-, cloth, $1.5O This is de- lightful story The author draws his inpiration from the fragrance of the hills and valleys of the Old Dominion, and the chivalry and generosity of a people, whom we have long ago learned | to admire and love. It is story of q Virginia plantation, eXquisitely told with all the quaint little turns of speech that mark the southern tongue, and all the flavor that we associate with breed Ing and culture south of the famous
 inc. The social and domestic life at the old plantation is portrayed with a mas Lerly hand-the sweetness of the presi- ling matron, the grave and stately pol sh of the master, the artless jollity of the young people, and the amusing an- ics of the darkies are all brought before IS with delightful artlessness, and we seem almost to breathe the atmosphere he author has conjured up. Of course here is a darker figure in the story, me Lord Chumley, who casts his omin- ,us shadow upon our charming group, md we believe that the scene in which he young southerners rush to the as 'istance of their friend in the north, whose honor is sought to be besmirched ly the rascally noblemau is one of the most powerful and most dexterously harming love scenes, frank and simple dyls, that are fragrant with youth and and buoyant with the teasing nerriment that good girls love when hey are wooed, and yet would fain leny they know it. Aside from the in- crest in the plot of the story, which is developed with much skill, the reader will derive great pleasure from the ad- nirably pure diction in the loftier pas ages and the quaintness of the dia- ogue where negro characters are in The story is one that the eader will wish to preserve to read gain, and to have his friends read. , Tor sale by the Pease-Lewis Go. r. 'ennyson Nicely Co.,, publishers, IA z fifth avenue, New York
 Hester Blair is the title of strong { ovel that will soon be issued by the c. i l. Clark Publishing Co.,, of Boston, It { on. In the two successful books hith- {