Presidential Addresses to the Society for Psychical Research, 1882 - 1911. (Francis
Edwards, London. 9s.)—For any one who desires to learn about the objects and methods of the Society for Psychical Research this collection of the presi- dential addresses delivered during the first thirty years of its existence will be invaluable. The later addresses give, moreover, a good idea of the work that has actually been accomplished by the Society. The names of the authors are a sufficient indication of the interest of the volume, for they include such distinguished men as Henry Sidgwick, Frederic Myers, William James, Mr. Balfour, Sir William Crookes, and Sir Oliver Lodge. We must also add the name of Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, whose address is perhaps the best example contained in the book of that reasonable and critical, yet unprejudiced, spirit in which the Society has always aimed at approaching the perplexed subject of its investigations.
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