Experiments in Psychical Research at Leland Stanford Junior University. By John Edgar Coover. Published by the University, Stanford University, California, 1917. Price $3.50 paper; $4.00 buckram; $5.00 half morocco.

This rather awe-inspiring volume of some 600 pages represents a decidedly new departure in the field of psychical research. It is a report by Assistant Professor Coover, appointed as fellow in psychical research in the Leland Stanford University, under a ten thousand pound grant made by Mr. T. W. Stanford, brother of Leland Stanford to the university trustees and placed at their disposal for investigations in spiritualism and psychical research practically without any qualifying restrictions. It is the first time, to all intents and purposes, that an accredited institution of learning has taken up this subject in a serious way. Heretofore it has, for the most part, either been exploited by individuals for personal gain or investigated by biased enthusiasts. The object of the present research could only be for the purpose of introducing substantially well accredited observations by persons of acknowledged scientific training into a field where before these qualities have been singularly lacking.

The general results of the work are what might have been expected. Nothing any more stimulating than a conformity of results to the normal expectations on the theory of probabilities based upon the assumption that the individuals were guessing, seems to have been demonstrated. No evidence has arisen in the course of the work which has tended to substantiate such alleged phenomena as telepathy, thought