5 AUGUST 1911, Page 26

An Exchange of Souls. By Barry Pain. (Eveleigh Nash. 25.

net.) —This is a pseudo-scientific novel with, as its theme, the experiment of an eminent doctor of exchanging souls with the young lady to whom he is engaged. His attempts are all too successful, and have the effect of killing his own body, so the horrible situa- tion arises of the possession of a woman's body by a man's soul. The proving of immortality by scientific means seems beset with great difficulties—perhaps as many in real life as in fiction. Readers who can persuade themselves of the credibility of Daniel Myas's experiment will be interested by Mr. Barry Pain's development of his theme.