11 OCTOBER 1879, Page 22

Mesmerism : with Hints for Beginners. By John James. (W.

S. Harrison.)—The publisher tells us that there is a demand " for a text-book for beginners who are inquiring into mesmerism," and that this little book, in which certain newspaper articles have been ex- . panded, is an answer to it. It is a subject on which we do 'not fool competent to form an opinion, and with this notice we must leave the book to such as may be interested in it.