1889. Its uses, as a remedial agent, in moral and intellectual improvement, etc. The aim of the author in preparing this volume is to furnish the general reader with a summary of principles and facts bearing upon the subject, and to furnish them in a manner as free from prejudice or partiality as his "personal factor" of bias would permit. The accumulation of details from observation has become so great that it is an impossible task for one to examine and digest everything, and to present a summary that will prove entirely comprehensive; hence, it is considered sufficient to show how hypnotic control is obtained, what the best observers think of its nature and to supply a variety of illustrations to indication its extraordinary range of application in human life.