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To begin with, the writer of this book is credited by the publishers with being a talented occultist. We therefore must be prepared for finding that the problems presented by the dream will be dealt with by her from the mystical viewpoint. This is, as a matter of fact, the way in which she handles the question. There is, for example, a chapter on the sixth sense, and telepathy is a recognized fact, while an astral body is put forth as a possible explanation of certain phenomena. The book contains a great mass of evidential material drawn from all sources, from the dream interpretations of Joseph to those of Freud, including references to literature, alleged historical occurrences, evidence presented to the Society for Psychical Research, and even newspaper accounts, all presented in the same way, apparently conceived to have the same evidential value. The book contains a running commentary upon various methods of interpretation, including the psychoanalytic, which, however, the author apparently has only a meager understanding of, although she is open-minded and fair in her treatment of it. Gypsies seem to be given as much credit for dream interpretation as anyone else. In the latter part of the book the various interpretations of typical dreams are given, and there is a long alphabetical list of dream symbols taken mostly from Artemidorus. There is a long chapter on interpretation of dreams by means of the ancient art of geomancy as set forth in the “Royal Book of Dreams” of . These contributions are of course interesting as such, but have not been presented in an especially valuable way. The book as a whole seems to have little coherence, though there is much interesting matter in it.
White.