Swirling Waters

The Mind-Reader, being some pages from the life of Dr Xavier Wycherley, psychologist and mental healer.
The Cockatoo.
AUTHOR OF THE MIND-READER, THE COCKATOO, ETC.
SECOND EDITION
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TO MY DEAR MOTHER WHOSE ADVICE AND CRITICISM HAVE HELPED SO GREATLY IN MY WORK, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE MAKING OF THIS BOOK; WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION TO ME

On the crucial night of his career, 14 March, 191-, Clifford Matheson, financier, was speeding in a taxi-cab to the Gare de Lyon.