| + | Atlan. 99: 422. Mr. ’07. 110w. |
Lapponi, Giuseppe. Hypnotism and spiritism: a critical and medical study; tr. from the 2d rev. ed. by Mrs. Philip Gibbs. *$1.50. Longmans.
7–11197.
“The doctor carefully distinguishes hypnotism from spiritism; and he points out the two considerations that have led some writers to confound them. The first is that hypnotic subjects, as well as spiritistic media, belong to the neurotic class; the second is that from hypnotic to spiritistic phenomena the distance is not great, and very frequently they are found side by side, alternately, or even together.”—Cath. World.
“The author treats his subject in a simple, popular fashion, and does not profess to have any personal experience of spiritistic manifestations, and no expert acquaintance with hypnotism.”
| + | Cath. World. 85: 403. Je. ’07. 400w. | |
| Nature. 76: 348. Ag. 8, ’07. 390w. |
“Unquestionably it is highly interesting, but its interest is for [one] who wants to study the mind of a pope’s physician rather than occultism, or for an ardent disbeliever in metaphysics who may be pleased by an agreement with his thoughts.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 173. Mr. 23, ’07. 280w. |
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.