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tbe veil from our eyes and enable us to " view creation face to face , " it is natural that M . Cahagnet should have made the experiment on a variety of persons ; and the records of these experiments occupy a great part of this volume . The most cursory inspection of them will convince the reader of the author ' s naivete ' . If veridical , they are interesting , as accounts of effects producible by an opiate ; but the utter want of connection between them and the " revelations" of M . Cahagnet is a little singular . We extract the seventh ecstasy .
«• On the 15 th of August , 1848 , M . Duteil , member of the Magnetological Society of Paris , takes three grammes ofhaschich . Two hours after wards , its effects are manifested by a feeling of intoxication , and a desire to laugh , followed by a sensation of happiness ¦ which so completely paralyses all his limbs , that my friend , in spite of violent efforts , cannot moye his legs . . He looks at a small mirror , with a view to facilitate the passing into a state of vision , as is my custom to direct under similar circumstances . He Bees a punchinello which makes him laugh heartily ; his * en * ations appear to overpower the visions ; teais
of happiness without ceasing bathe hU visage ; he cannot depict the state of beatitude in which he finds himself . A gentle , sweet , lukewarm atmosphere surrounds him—overpowers and penetrates him with pleasure . He desires to obtain a solution relative to the philosopher ' s stone , having certain notions concerning hermetical science . He receives an answer by means of tableaux , wholly in favour of my way of thinking on this point , and in no respect conformable to his o « n . Thus he perceives a globe representing the earth , which seems to be covered with a matter of which we have already spoken , and
in which he does not believe . He sees springing from it a light at which he cannot gaze steadily , so dazzling a » e its brill ancy and whiteness . He is very much astonished at this definition , which can \ e of no value , except to the devotees of this science . He alterwards sees all terrestrial cieation represented by p ictures full of sig nificance . Desiiing likewise to see the consort whom God destines for him in a future 8 ate , he then enters into the full state < f ecstasy , and perceives an immense horizon adorned with the "brightest colours . He cannot doubt but that it is the spiritual atmosphere in which he is bathing and
experiencing the most agreeable sensations . His spouse then appears to him like a lightning-flash , regarding him with a seducing smile ; he begs us to make no noise . He tranquilly enjoys a most delicious ecstasy , which is , however , interrupted by the sound of the bells of the neighbouring church ; this has a pleasing effect on his nerves , indicating a peifect harmony existing in h'S body , which , he says , appears as if transformed into a stringed instrument . 13 a < h of his nerves Hiid fibres seems to him an harmonious chord wh . ii h corresponds with thet-e strings , and jiives forth
a tone which , blended with a vast multitude of others of which that of the bells i » the motive power , leaves upon his senses a musical imprest-ion as complicated as it is agreeable . He finds hitnstJf at once the musician , the music , and the listem r . The fallowing morning my friend finds his nerves slightly affected , a sensation which he attributes to the incomprehensible music by which he was acted upon . Alter three hours passed in this happy state , lie resumes the use Of his external senses , regret ! ing only that the earth does not yield sensations as sweet . "
The ninth ecstasy will cause a smile : — 41 M . ROTJSTAN , WATCHMAKER . 14 This gentleman ^ takes the ordinary dose ofhaschich at half-past eleven o ' clock ; they would have amounted to nothing if I had not given him a dose of my s < mnambulio liqueur . This gentleman had prepared a number of questions , the solution of which he wished to obtain while in this state ; but he could not thus succeed in his purpose . Tableaux , more or leas haimoniBed . presented themselves to his view , and did not always afford an answer to his questions , which may be divided into three classes — psychological ,
religious , and political ; the psychological questions were to learn whether we were born materially several times on earth . M . lloust . an believed in the affirmative , on the faith of his somn-unlmlists , who had assured him that he had ulrcady lived materially sevcrul times ! he believes he . has been th « child of Noah , the good thief , &c . He desires to know whether this is true : the reply was in the form of an allegorical picture repMjflenting three globes one of which was brig hter XQEjflh e others ; then there apre ars before hiia £ n * jjWeBMborowi l of kouIh , of the into Mates
usual height , ^ r ^ ; at « B » B | ftknM ^ JflpinB a off obscurity , W ^^ WSte OfllA ]'"' , rcpassing into thci « . ^ flir'l ^ ft 6 ^ EWMWnK " > make -he circuit ^^ m ^ mmjSSK& P ' itil \ i : H ln lt 8 wiadingB . ^ mi ^^ WS ^ M ^ " ^ \ ° who givecred ^^** > b « sMfflPfifl ^ Wf » 8 head , conto destroy thcWttJSH 3 MHK £ enter ain « of hating fipprared # & | r * TlBlfta » mffth . " The religion * quHMK ^ gjHr ^ inhodicd in various pictures representing Cnrift and the Virgin , us wall 6 n th 0 Cro » 8 as on a high mountain , and different iilegoricfl of Scripture ; the whole intftrmtngUd with
animals of all kinds , by whose importunate presence the perceptions of M . Roustan were incessantly fettered . ' With regard to the question of politics , the answer was given in a view of a terrible hurricane , cairying away heaps of straw , followed by an innumerable host of warriors , traversing with the rapidity oi lightning a mountain , which barred their passage , and halting in a vast space strewed with blocks of freestone . One more extract and we hare done . Mile . Picard , a somnambulist , is troubled , it appears , with a worm in her body , which absorbs the magnetic fluid and prevents the development of her lucidity ; of this M . Cahagnet says : —
•• I owe some explanation respecting this terrible animal , the stumbling-block of medicine , of magnetism , and somnambulism . Ten clairvoyants , at least , after celebrated physicians have been consulted , have prescribed remedies more or less severe , and have oi-ly succeeded in causing the dislodgment of vast quantities of this hideous worm , which is of the tcenia species ( said to be solitary ) , but of a wholly peculiar character . Here for fifteen years this unfortunate creature had taken remedies ; she has ended by habituating her stomach to digest arsenic , and calomel in doses of-four grammes , without any efftct . Such as she depicts it , it must be at least a hundred metres in length ; no clairvoyante is able to describe it , so terrified are they at it . Adele has been afraid of being thrown into convulsions by it , and all agree in predicting that t-he alone , when in a lucid state , will discover a suitable remedy . Thus this worm , being once reduced to powder , she will have the power of destroying masses of them , being itself the king of these monsters . " It would be ludicrous , were it not sad , to think that such miserable drivel as this gains its believers !
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BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . Essays , Lectures , and Orations . By Iialph Waldo Emerson . J W S . Orr . This volume of the celebrated essayist contains all his prose writings—the two series of Essays—Nature — Representative Men—Lectures for the Times—Orations and Addresses . An Essay on Emerson and his Wiitings is prefixed . The book is well printed in small but legible type . The Saint ' s Tragedy ; or , the True Story of Elisabeth of Hungary . 13 y Chmlei Kin ^ sley , jun . With a Preface by P-olessor Maurice . Second Edition . J . W . Paiker .
A cheap pocket edition of this vigorous piece of writing was needed . Here it is , in appearance resembling Moxon ' s cheap editions of Leigh Hunt , Taylor , Bairy Cornwall , &c . As the work which first announced the author of Alton Locke it is enough to secure attention—its own stiong manly pathos and fine dramatic sentiment will do the rest . On the Reformation of Society , and how all Classes viay contribute to it . A . Lecture . By the lieverend Professor M . mrice . T . Tupling . The Working Tailors associated in Southampton invited Profes ; . or Maurice to deliver them this lecture , wherein he eloquently and cogently advocates the principle of cooperation as opposed to the destructive cclrisiiness of the present system . It should be widely circulated by all who are interested in the
cause . Hurry-Graphs ; or , Sketches of Scenery , Celebrities , and Society , taken from Life , liy JN . I \ Willu . l Uohn ' s Cheap Series . ) a . G . Bohn . The absurd combination of English and Greek in the title of this bonk is not excused by any excellence in the matter . Hurry-Graphs are simply reprints of articles which appealed in the journal of which Willis was editor , but which would gain admittance into no journal of reputation here . They are trashy , flippant , and not iimusing .
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authorities accept ; the opinions arc frequently controvert ihl «\ It is gratuitously absurd to Bay , for cxmfrple , in the pienent mule of science that the * ' records of Scripture are completel y confirmed b y the'evidence of physical fait "—nothing but the rnoht disingenuous q . ibhling can make thu Scriptures even appear to accord with fact .
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NEW MUSIC . A Lay for the Church . Woida by Andrew Park , Esq . Muaic by 11 . Mucpluio ,, !! . t . T . 1 ' urduy . Tuis is culled a " Song of the Refomontion . " It would In ; more correctly termed a aong of the Papal A ^ i £ re « biou . TUo wordu , iutended to be very
complimentary to the Church of England ar « . "" " "*" phrase of " The Brave Old Oak , " and tlL Para ' though marked " Maestoso , " has not even tw ' nity of a jig . The author and composer must \ *" a singular notion of the Church . The Sinai . e " Old King Cole" from the pulpit would h ! ° a whit more incongruous than this ' Lay . " n&t 1 . Freedom Arise . Poetry by H . J . Slack . 3 . The Meeting of the Nations . Words by Charlotte V *» . 3 . The Peopled Anthem . Poetry by Kbenezer Elliott *' Music by William Tuorold Wood . j , v No . 1 is a Prayer for the downfall of RiB '
, Austrian tyranny . The words are exceedinoi spirited . Tbe movements consist of a quartett semi-chorus , and chorus . The work has not a fai ' chance in the way in which it is printed . The fou parts , written on two staves , give the whole an appearance of confusion . The music is verv effective ; the phrase "We join their heaven ward prayer , " heing singularly expressive and well worked up . The D flat on the same pa ?* bar 3 , should be C sharp . ^* '
Tbe song for the Great Exhibition of Industry is , both in words and music , unworthy of the time or the writers . Elliott ' s exquisite words have nearly found a musical interpretation : the composition loses its force by its elaborateness . We would advise Mr . Thorold against the habit of publishing fourpart music on the two staves ; it is an economy which defeats itself , and is most unpleasant to the reader . The People's Chant Book . A Collection of Secular Music for the Use of Schools , Edited by James Tilteard . J . A . Novello .
A collection of twenty-four single and twenty-four double chants , by celebrated composers , with a pianoforte or organ accompaniment , printed in a cheap and portable form for the use of congregations and schools . The secular music is a collection of rounds , glees , and madrigals , adapted to young singers . Half of them have been selected from English composers , and the remainder from Foreign sources . They are admirably adapted for school and family use . Handel's Qratorios , " Solomon , " " Joshua . " Mendelssohn ' s " Hymn ot Praise , " " ds the Hurt pants . "
Mr . Novello deserves thanks at the hands of every lover of music for his spirited attempt to place the highest class of compositions within the reach of all who can appreciate them . Fora few shillings , the most magnificent works may be obtained , in a portable form , giving a zest to the enjoyment of oratorios unknown in the days of the great folio editions . Some of the large houses , who held a kind of vested interest in the old editions o the oratorios , looked with extreme jealousy on Mr . Novello ' s publications . We think they were entirely at fault in this . So far from injuring the sale of their works , the small editions add to it . Those accustomed to large
pianoforte scores look upon the small editions as advantageous superfluities } while those who purchase them will seldom be content to form a library of them , but will go on to the large standard editions—just as a pocket edition of Shakespeare will frequently lead to the ambition of possessing the best edition extant . Of Handel ' s Oratorios it is unnecessary to speak . Mendelssohn ' s " Hymn of Praise" will rank with any cantata that has hitherto been written ; and his "As the Hart Pants" is from end to end a lovely specimen of part writing .
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TEMrEn . —Bud temper is oftener the result of unhappy circumstanced than of an unhappy orgai liza " tion ; it frequently , however , has a p hysical cnuse , and a peevish child often needs dieting more tnan correcting . Some children are more prone to bio temper than others , and sometimes on account qualities which are valuable in themselves , instance , a child of active temperament , sensitive lej ing , and eager purpose , is more likely to meet wi constant jura and rubs than a dull ai-eive chilcl . a
p if he is of an open nature , his inward irrlia t i ° " immediately shown in bursts of passion . ** v repress these ebullitions b y scolding and punisl im ^ you only iucreuse the evil , by changing passion ^ hulkint-KS . A cheerful , good-tempered tone < J ^ own , a sympathy with his trouble , whenev er ^ trouble has nrisen from no ill conduct on his p : » i ^ the best antidotes ; but it would be better fil urC ( lfJ prevent beforehand , us much as possible , all bo nf minnvnni < P Never fear SnoilillC CIill <" j —— . .
„_ . _ _ . _ „ * hfk am ' making them too happy . Happiness *» , ^ i , olc-Hplure in which all good affections grow—the bl ))()( l tome warmth necenaarv to make the near _ circulate healthily and freely : unhappiness the ing pressure which produces here an uinm"ni , d ¦ » A c « n «* tlin ill *' there an excrescence , and , worst ot all , ^ »•» " fa ,, given and ye . low sickness - ill-temper . — -W of the Feelings , by Charles Bray .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 28, 1851, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1889/page/16/
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