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Palladino in Warsaw. He has given in concise form and a civilized 
tongue the gist of the discussion which raged about the case in the 
Polish magazines and newspapers. Lack of space prevents my giving 
any extended account of these remarkable experiments at present. 
Dr. Quintard, of Angers, reports the case of a child of six who ap- 
pears able to read his mother’s thoughts. The case seems to deserve 
careful investigation. 
As usual, the Revue abounds with accounts of remarkable cures 
wrought by suggestion, but the most interesting of the articles from the 
therapeutic point of view is one on “ The Clinical Indications of Hyp- 
notism,” based upon Prof. Morselli’s sixteen years’ experience. Prof. 
Morselli belongs to the school of Braid, Richet, and Bernheim; he has 
found about one-fifth of his patients hypnotizable, neurasthenics, 
hysterics and maniacs being the most refractory. He has never ob- 
served clairvoyance, telepathy, cerebral polarization, ete., and holds a 
negative attitude with reference to their possibility. He does not 
believe that hypnosis has dangerous results; is not oversanguine as to 
its therapeutic value, but has had good results in functional neuroses 
and in dealing with symptoms of organic disorders. The effects of 
hypnotic treatment he has found neither constant nor durable, and 
thinks it must be supplemented by other agencies. 
The Cebus and the Matches.—A Cebus apella in the Phila- 
delphia Zoological Garden has become an expert in striking matches. 
He distinguishes the end with the fulminate, and I have not seen him 
make an error in this point. He seizes the match at the proper dis- 
tance from the fulminate and so avoids breakage. He uses for friction 
the rough side of a kettle which is used for water, and spends no time 
on the glazed surface. As soon as the match is lit he throws it away, 
and I have not seen him burn himself. No man could handle the 
match more appropriately. He does not however always select a 
a proper surface, as he tried on one occasion to strike a match on 
my finger, without success.—E. D. Cope. 
Sand Swallows and Sawdust.—Mr. C. O. Tuursrton writes 
to the Naturalist, that during a visit at Groton, Conn, he observed 
sand swallows in great numbers building their nests in a large pile of 
sawdust instead of their usual resort, a sand bank. 
