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IN this book the author has gathered together almost every kind of information on the subject of which it treats. The compilation of it has doubtless been a labour of love, and the authot's great object has been to select, from all sources, whatever is most characteristic of his opinions which have been held on the subject of Dreams, and also all the best examples upon which these opinions have been founded. He tells us that no amount of research has been considered irksome or irrelevant, so that, in his opinion, “there is nothing extant in the way of dream-speculation or anecdote which is not fairly and impartially represented”. The book is, in fact, a rich and methodically arranged storehouse of dreams and of opinions thereon, which will be valued by many who are merely curious, as well as by those who are more seriously interested about their causes and phenomena. It is likely to serve as a book of reference, or as one which may be had recourse to in spare half-hours, rather than as a work which will be taken up to be at once read and mastered.
The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams.
A common-place Book of Speculations, concerning the mystery of Dreams and Visions, records of Curious and well-authenticated Dreams, and Notes on the various modes of Interpretation adopted in Ancient and Modern Times. By Frank Seafield. 2nd. Ed. Revised; pp. 518. (London: Lockwood and Co. 1869.)
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The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams . Nature 1, 555 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001555a0
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