The present era is distinguished for the development both of physical and psychical wonders. In mechanical and other arts, what miracles have been wrought by the ingenuity and scientific experiments of the engineer and the practical chemist; the tunnelling of iron-stone rocks; the draining of primaeval bogs and mosses; the suspension, as if by magic, of gigantic tubes over the wide waters; the ...

interesting manner, that one gains pleasure as well as profit from reading them. Those who are not already acquainted with .the author's views should procure this book, which presents them mcst lucidly, and at moderate length. Professor Janet's work has done much to elucidate hysteria by a process of analysis of the psychical phenomena which lie at its root. We may remind our readers that accor...