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 The Philosophy of Mystery. 



BY WALTER COOPER D E N D Y. 



12mo, Muslin, extra gilt, 50 cents. 



This is a learned and elaborate work, in which the writer goes into the 

 investigation of all the phenomena of mind in the erratic operations and 

 phantasies of ghost seeing and spectral hallucinations, and aims to give the 

 true philosophy of all such delusions. He is a medical man of consider- 

 able eminence, and has spared no pains in his researches, giving a great 

 number of facts and cases to illustrate his philosophy. The volume will be 

 much sought for, as it is really a desideratum in the world of literature. 

 We know of no work on this subject which lays the same just claim to public 

 attention, or the study of the philosopher. Christian Advocate and Journal. 



The volume before us is both instructive and amusing, and at this partic- 

 ular time, when the extremes of superstition and philosophy have shaken 

 hands, it will be likely to effect an inconceivable amount of good, if prop- 

 erly studied. It is one of the most remarkable productions of the day, and 

 must create an extraordinary degree of interest in the public mind. .Ifer- 

 chant's Magazine. 



It belongs to that class of writings which you can take up and put down 

 at pleasure, and which may be subjected to repeated readings. The woik 

 is pleasant, however, in spite of this pleasant because of its facts, its nu- 

 merous details of mystery, its vast collection of anecdote, its developments 

 rf diablerie, its tidings from the spiritual world, and the many cases which 

 ii brings together of the curious and the wonderful in nature and art, which 

 former ages, and ignorance and superstition, have concluded to consider su- 

 pernatural. Where science and modern speculation furnish the solution to 

 the mystery, Mr. Dendy couples it with the statements, and the book is 

 thus equally valuable and amusing. Charleston Transcript. 



Here lies a remarkable work ; beautiful in its style, and wondrous in its 

 matter. The work is strictly philosophical in its tendency, yet more amus- 

 ing than a novel. True American. 



This is a book for the lovers of marvels and of mysteries. It contains an 

 immense collection of anecdotes of spectral apparitions, of illusions of vision 

 or of hearing, of striking phenomena exhibited in dreams, in insanity, in 

 trance, or in magnetism, and furnishes many very valuable hints to aid in 

 the solution of these mysteries, by which so many have been bewildered 

 or affrighted. It is written in a style of great ease and elegance, and can 

 not fail to find a very wide circle of welcoming readers. Albion. 



This unique and remarkable book has just been placed on our table ; we 

 know its reputation of old ; it is an admirable discourse on the subject of 

 supernaturalisms, such as mental illusions, dreams, ghosts, mesmeric phe- 

 nomena, &c. If any one will but read the first half dozen pages, we will 

 vouch for it he will not neglect the rest of the volume : it is one of the best 

 written books on one of the most curious range of topics that could engage 

 the pen of a writer, or the attention of a reader. It is, in fact, one of the 

 most curious volumes ever perused, upon a series of the most singular sub- 

 jects, and, in this new and ueat form, it will command a vast number of 

 readers. Sunday Times. 



"The Philosophy of Mystery" is an exceedingly able work ; far better, 

 we think, than the " Natural Magic" of Brewster, a book of identical pur- 

 pose, carried out in a totally different way. The " Natural Magic" is the 

 more ratiucinative, Mr. Dendy's essay the inon 1 poetical, the more imagina 

 tii'e,~and to us the i,u>re interesting '-- Xaticn*? PrfSf. 



