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...Peckster Professorship" by J. P. Quincy is what one might call a psychical novel. The author seems to have caught the popular contagion among the novelists of the day and accordingly weaves a ??? thread through his story which gives it the appearance of a philosophical lecture rather than a novel. With a fair plot for a foundation he builds up a structure of mind imperishable, philosophy, astride counterpart, transcend ??al photography, ??? voyance, and ???notices, still the bewildered reader wonders whether he is still in his mortal body. Such a book may prove ??entertaining for those interested in psychical research, although...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book Review. | 11/13/1888 | See Source »

...Peckster Professorship, by I, P. Quincy, Houghton, Mifflin and Co. The Riverside Press, Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book Review. | 11/13/1888 | See Source »

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