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NATURE NOTES 
the folk-lore, the lists of birds, and plants, and the chronological summary, and 
without the portrait of the author and some of the illustrations ; but as it retains 
both the maps, it is a phenomenally cheap guide-book. To the excellence of its 
matter we have already borne testimony. 
Hull Museum: Quarterly Record of Additions ^ No. 10. By Thomas Sheppard, 
F.G.S., Curator. Price id. 
This number contains an interesting record of Roman pottery from Easington, 
with a plan of the neighbourhood, together with an account of additions to the 
collection of china and encaustic tiles and other notes. 
The Optical Lantern and Cinematograph fournal. No. I. Edited by Theodore 
Brown. Price 3d. monthly. 9, Tottenham .Street, \V. 
This is the first number of a practical trade journal incorporating The Optical 
Magic Lantern Journal, The Lantern World and The Cinematograph Chronicle. 
It contains, inter alia, articles on illuminants, lanlern-slide-making and micro- 
photography. 
The Parents’ Review for November contains articles in praise of gardens and 
gardening and on the New Forest in August. 
Received 77re American Botanist for August and September; The Vic- 
torian Naturalist for October ; and The Naturalist, The Irish Naturalist, 
Nature-Study (Lockwood), The Animal World, The Animals' I"'riend, Our 
Animal Friends, The Humanitarian, I he Agricultural Economist, The Estate 
Magazine, and The Commonwealth for November. 
NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 
1^6. Psychic Power of the Dog.— While reading in this month’s number 
Nature Notes the review of “ Ants and some other Insects ; inquiry into the 
Psychic Power of these Animals,” by Dr. August Forel, I was reminded of an 
incident of which I was an eye-witness some years ago, and which, I think, may 
be cited as an evidence of a dog being sensitive to the psychic power of man. 
I was visiting a relative at one of the Colleges at Oxford. On the evening 
of which I write, a guest at dinner, a Fellow of another college, expressed a com- 
plete scepticism with regard to thought-reading, which came up in the course 
of conversation. He said he did not believe in it at all. Our host then proposed 
that during the evening we should make some experiments in thought-reading, and 
the guest should consent to test the truth of them. Accordingly, later on when 
we returned to the drawing-room, each of us in turn left the room, while those 
who were left behind decided, in the softest whispers, what he should do when 
called to return to the room blind-folded. I must now state that throughout the 
evening there lay on a large rug in front of the fire two dogs, both sleeping 
soundly, one a large St. Bernard, furthest from the fire, and in front of him, 
between his fore and hind legs, a little fox-terrier, close to the fender. Towards 
the end of the evening our host was blindfolded for the second time, and before 
he was led back into the room, with signs and the lowest whispers we decided 
that he should find his way to the little fox-terrier, lift him up and place him on 
a little occasional table that .stood near the centre of the room. Neither of the 
dogs showed any sign of consciousness while this passed. Our host re-entered 
he room, and made his way, when left alone, a few steps in the right direction 
of the table, but then stopped and put out his hand as if uncertain. At that 
moment the fox-terrier moved, and began to whine and become distressed and 
excited, then he leaped over the St. Bernard and made his way, whimpering 
and grovelling, to his master’s feet, and made little leaps up his legs, barking 
and whining, llis master stooped down and patted him, saying: “Fox, what 
is the matter?” In so doing he moved forward, neaiing the table, while the 
dog got more and more excited and barked loudly. At last his master touched 
the table, and then took up Fox as if to quiet him, and placed him on it. Then 
