The Prey of Dreams Dream visions drive victims to madness
A Baltimore Sun feature recounts cases from a specialist in mental diseases regarding nightmare dreams that trigger violent or desperate acts. It narrates a young man ruined by a dream of fortune, a sane wife driven to harm by a melodrama dream, and a mother who throws her baby from a window after dreaming the house on fire. The piece reflects on dreams as powerful, sometimes fatal, mental delusions and cites a police magistrate and a judge on responsibility in dream-related acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland
Baltimore Sun
Dream Sensations and Common Sleep Imagery
Dr Woods Hutchinson explains how dreams reflect sleep physiology and body position. Falling dreams arise from slight movements at sleep onset, followed by relief upon waking. Publicly dressedness dreams stem from displaced bedclothes and sensation of exposed limbs, linking imagery to sleep stages.
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Dickens
Queen Victoria
Woods Hutchinson
American Magazine
Twelve Acres Enough and Other Notions on a Farm
A then current essayist reflects on Edgerton's farm life with humor and humility. He jokes about twelve acres and a future book titled Twelve Acres Enough, explores self sufficiency, independence from bosses, and the contrast with urban noise. The piece chronicles farm improvements, the thrill of renovation, and a deeper transformation of self and spirit through labor.
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Roosevelt
Smallpox Club
New York Central Railroad
Paradise
West Point
Morris
Willis
Drake
The lasting and practical souvenir from a fan
The great Marchesi, famed singer, received many gifts from admirers. After a Switzerland concert she was presented with a silver soup ladle by a bashful girl who said flowers fade and wished to leave a lasting memory of her admiration.
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Marchesi
Switzerland
The Object of Life and Growth through Evolution
The piece argues that happiness, love, good deeds, wealth, fame, and heaven all have value, but true purpose is growth. It frames evolution as God sown in us, driving progress of character. Happiness lies in conscious improvement, becoming stronger, wiser, and better as nature unfolds.
Crooked House and Mountains of Dirt Unearthed
Narrator recalls a crooked house tied to a family name and a nursery rhyme. He describes digging through dirt everywhere from closets to attics, noting missing banisters and a landscape of detritus amid uncertain floor levels and an aged structure.
Ode to Nature and a Cat Pat Death Tale
A nature poem speaks of harmony with nature as a balm for modern ills and a voice of faith. It segues into a brief vignette of Jimmie and Pat the cat, a child’s grave, and a reflection on childhood, energy within, and homes, then shifts to essays on self potential, home life, lawn games, happiness for children, personal responsibility, and a critique that God is addressed to individuals rather than corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie
Pat
Edgerton Letter Promotes Self Reflection in Cold Spring
James A. Edgerton of Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson New York urges readers to spend portions of each day reflecting on personal meanness and then consider potential goodness. He suggests a path to self-improvement through disciplined contemplation.
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James A. Edgerton
Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson, N. Y
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