{ HIRI] OE AOA Books And Their Authors poses £m SIR. OLIVER LODGE WRITES ON SPIRITUALISM. \ Tells of Communications With Son Killed in Flanders--Reviews in the British Press Evidence the Great Interest Taken in This New Book. Spiritualism's greatest teacher and preacher, Sir Oliver Lodge, has just issued a. most remarkable book, "Raymond, or Life and Death." It is the record by a distinguished fa- ther of a brave soldier son. Raymond Lodge was killed in Flanders in 1915, but Sir Oliver claims to have had communication with him since, and in the belief that other bereaved " parents may have their grief similar- ly softened and their loss alleviated he has consented to the publication of this very intimate record of se- ances. At no other period in this world's sad history have so many brave men laid down their lives. Never before was the question so per- sistently asked in millions of homes: Are our beloved dead alive in another world, and are théy conscious of what we are thinking and doing? Is it "possible to hold converse with them? A book by the recognized leader of the Spiritualists is therefore bound to create unusual interest at this time, and this is exactly what has happened. All England . has been tremendously stirred by Sir Oliver Lodge's book, and it is destined, we doubt not, to arouse as keen an in- terest on 'this side of the Atlantic. There are the skeptics who believe that from the lips of the unresponsive dead there comes no answer to our wailing cry. Of this cldss might be mentioned the London Christian Commonwealth, an organ of liberal and progressive religious thought, which writes: "The dead keep their secrets, wrote the author of Dreamthorp es- says, and added, somewhat grimly, that in a little while we, too, shall be as wise as they--and as taciturn. For many people this is the last word on the matter. To them the suggestion that beyond the grave there are active and alert men and women who are co-operating with men and women on this side In a sustained and systematic effort to impart their secrets seems fantastic. 'Raymond, or Life and Death,' by Sir Oliver Lodge, either proves this, or it proves that one of the greatest of living scientists, whose business is ito weigh evidence, to verify the minutest facts, to reject every doubt- ful theory unsupported by facts, however attractive it may be, is the victim of illusion or has been de- ceived by charlatans." : If the book, as pointed out by a contemporary, is not a simple chron- icle of the evidences which have con- vinced Sir Oliver that his youngest son, Lieut. Raymond Lodge, who was Killed in the war on Sept. 14th, 1915, is communicating with him and mem- bers of his family "from the other side," and is being helped in his work by a group of Sir Oliver's friends on "this side," it is a pathetic {lustra- tion of the manner in which the ablest and strongest intellects can be mis- led by their hopes and dedires. In any case, the bool is a quite wonder- ful literary achievement, more im- 'pressive than any formal biography, more intensely WOvIRS uu any tri- bute of sorrowing jon in verse or prose. The book is either a simple, straightforward record of events that have actually occurred, or it is the story of a great scientist's credulity ° and self-deception. The London Evening Standard goes through the book and gives some cita- tions to show how he "other side." ably call them) of the methods of Tg self. We do not suggest that this is evidence of the 'truths Sir Oliver Lodge is trying to establish; but it is well worth noting. "He shows solicitude for-hiz moth- Mother, don't go/doing so much,' he pleads. 'I am yery strong,' says Lady Lodge. 'You think you are,' he retorts, 'but you tire yourself out too much. Rk troubles me.' "Reminded by his father on anoth- er occasion that it is getting near Christmas, he says: 'I know, 1 shall be there. Keep jolly, or it hurts me horribly. Truly, I know it is diffi- cult, but you must know by now that I am so splendid. I shall never be one instant out the house on Christmas Day." The Higher Sphere. "He is anxious because his brother Alec 'can't hear' iim. 'I do wish he 'would believe that we are here safe; it isn't a dismal hole as people think; it is a place where there is life.' "As the communications proceed he grows happier. In one passage, plac- ed by Sir Oliver Lodge wunder the heading of 'Unverified Matter,' he speaks of going to a 'gorgeous place,' which he describes as the Highest Sphere. The full account Sir Oliver omits; 'until the case for survival is considered established, it is thought improper and unwise to relate an ex- perience of the kind which may be im- agined." But something is given. 'IT felt exalted,' says the suppositious speaker,' 'purified, lifted up. 1 was kneeling. I couldn't stand up, I wanted to kneel. Mother, I thrilled from head to foot, He didn't come near me, and I didn't feel I wanted to 80 near him. Didn't feel I ought. The Voice was like a bell. 1ecan't tell you what ie was dressed or robed in. All seemed a mixture of shining colors.' " Sir Oliver gives this general deduc- tion from thought and experiment on the great mysteries: -- "Nor let us imagine that existence hereafter, removed from these atoms of matter 'which mow both confuse and manifest it, will be something so wholly remote ana different as to be un'maginable; but let us learn by the testimony of experience---either our own or that of others--that phose who have been, still are; that they care for us and help us; that they, too, are progressing and learning and work- ing and hoping; that there are grades of existence, stretching upward and upward to all eternity; and that God himself, through His agents and messengers, is continually striving and working and planning, so as to bring this creation of his through its preparatory labor and pain, and lead IT 68 to an, existence higher and bet- ter than anything we have ever known." Mr. Robert Lynd, of the Daily News, is of the opinion that the book contains little evidence that will con~ vince the skeptical. One or two points, however, he admits, have, when taken together, "a certain evi- dential interest." Thus: -------- Singular Predictions. "One is a propheey of Raymond's death madé at a seamce in America a er. of speaks from the "For the most part, allowing for the impediments (as one may excus- graph were given, month before he died, "Shortly after Raymond's death Lady Lodge had an amonymous' sit- ting with the medium. Mr A. Vout Pet ers, and messages came about the boy from a 'control,' or second personal- ity, called "Moonstone." After 'Moon- stone' had described Raymond and given 'identifying messages,' the trance-speech went on: * "'Good God! how father will be able to speak out! much firmer than he has ever done, because it will touch our hearts.' "At the same sitting, a group E £ the front, and confirmed, to some ex- tent, the description given through one of the 'controls.' The volume contains 403 closely printed pages, with illustrations. It is published in Canada by William Briggs, Torgnto(- The College Book Store, city), and sells at $3. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part some idea of the life lived and the spirit shown by any number of youths at the front is il- dustrated by extracts from Raymond's letters. The second part gives speci- -mens of what at present are consid- ered by most people unusual com- munications from the spirit world. The third part of the book is of a more expository character, and is 'designed to help people in general to realize (says the author) that this subject is not the bugbear which ignorance and prejudice have made it. "This third part is called "Life and Death," because these are the two great undeniable facts which toncern everybody. Coming from the pen of such a distinguished au- thor and Investigator as Sir Oliver Lodge, the book must evoke wide in- terest and its conclusions must com- mand respect. The volume will afford much food for thought to any reader, and will doubtless bring hope and comfort to the sorrowing hearts of those whom the war has robbed of their brightest and best. It is of peculiar and absorbing interest at this particular timg in the world's dhistory. THE BRITISH ARMY FROM WITH- IN. By E. Charles Vivian. 182 pages. Price, 35c. Hodder & Stoughton, Toronto, "Publishers, College Book Store, City, This is one of a series of popular priced books put out by this enter- prising firm of publishers, treating successively such important subjects as the armies and navies of the chief Allied nations. The present volume is from the pen of a widely known writer, who has himself served . in the British-army and knows whereof he writes. Splendidly readable are his chapters on the British army as a whole, the way of the recruit, officers and non-coms, infantry, cav- alry, artillery and engineers, mus- ketry, the internal economy of the army and his descriptions of active service. The volume is not, like so many other war books, a history of regiments and their achievements, or of any particular phase of the war; it concerns 'itself with a description of the various arms of thé service, how they are organized and drilled; their uses in the field; how they are officered and equipped; and all that intimate and varied knowledge of warfare of which the man of peace knows little or nothing. The author has opened up new avenues of infor- mation on subjects usually neglected by writers of war books, and all the = Many of the plates are in colors, i showing national boundaries, rail- ways, rivers, eanals, chief cities and j towns, forts, ete. These are supple- j mented by detail maps, skillfully - drawn, and out lining the surround- {ings of such historic places as | Ypres, Loos, LaBassee, Neuve Cha- pelle, the Somme, Champagne, the | Argonne, the Italian front, Masurian Lakes, Riga, Warsaw, the Carpath- ans, Salonika, Gallipoli, Togoland, etc, etc.. This new map book is by far the best of its kind yet produced. A copy should be in every school and library and on the desk of every man who desires to intelligently and thoroughly follow the war and study its details." SONGS OF UKRAINA. By F. Randall Livesay, 1738 Pages. J. M. Dent & Soms, Ltd., Toronto Publishers. a An unusual offering is the col- lection of "Songs ef Ukraina," gath- ered with infinite patiénce by the well-known + western writer, Mrs, Florence Randall Livesay. These quaint folksongs of the forgotten kingdom of Ukraina "have come down through singing cemturies and hold in them the history of the most artistic of the Slav people." Mrs. Livesay has caught the umique at- mosphere of that wonderful land of the Czar which we are only begin- ning to understand and appreciate. There is no better way of coming to a clear understanding of the mind and heart of the Russian people than by studying the songs and poems which have been evolved from the nation rather than written by any one poet. This collection of trans- lations shows the people of little Russla in their joys and sorrows, their aspirations and their content: ment, Paul Crath, in an introduc- eism. Bairnsfather is an 'optimist above all; he sees fun under thost ad- verse and trying circumstances, and has the faculty of using his pen so to make others imbibe something of his unqueénchable spirit, The dark and sinister aspects of war are brighten- ed; cheeriness gives place to gloom, and the sun still ~ shines over all Bairnsfather has dome a splendid work with his pencil and brush, and the whole Empire is his debtor, A ia---------- Toronto Wom: Decorated. Madame Innes-Taylor, the Toroa to Singer, who has devoted Lor tin sinée the outbreak of war to rolie: work amongst the Belgians, bas ra ceived the decoration of C nix Cv: que from the King of Belgium fi her services, Sho has been unswery ing in ber labor, even though her health became ~Aeriousiy impaired. Madame Innes-Taylor is associated with Mrs. Agar Adamson in. her work, the former living near Furnes in Flanders, 0 help the sufferers, while Mrs. Agar Adamson in London had the responsibility of financing the work. Miss Margaret Bell Saun- ders, one of Toronto's women Jour. nalists, also worked in Flande:s with Madame Innes-Taylor. About a year ago Miss Saunders was wound- ed by a shell from a German aero- plane, another of the workers being killed. The shock undermined Ma. dame, Innes-Taylor's heaith, already over-étrained 'rom work. Later contracting poison in her finger from one of the patients she was nurs- ing in the hospital, it was necessary to amputate it. After several weeks of serious illness and still more for a tardy convalescence, Madame In- nes-Taylor returned to her work in Belgium, -------------- Weli-Dressed Ham. A noted lawyer was once cross- tion to this volume, pays this elo- quent tribute to these national songs: "Italian songs are glorious, but the singing of the Ukrainian is also a precious pearl in the common treasury of mankind, It was born out of the beauty of the Ukraine, and it is beautiful; it was borm on the steppes, and as the steppes it is wide: it was bora in battles, and it is free; it was born of the tear of a lone- some girl, and it rends the heart: it was born of the thoughts of the Kobzars and its harmonies are preg- nant with thoughts--this is Ukrain- fan Song." : THE GRAY DAWN By Stewart Edward White, 395 Pa ges. Price, $1.35. The Musson Book Co., Toronto, Publishers. R. 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Another volume of the same ser- les, and written by an "Ex-Trooper" in the army of our gallant Allies. It follows about the same line of treatment as that adopted in 'The British Army From Within," scribing the photograph of which the Lodge fam- | ily knew nothing was mentioned, and at a later sitting with a different | medium some details of this photo- A gopy of the plhiotograph of Raymond and several communication, he, speaks like him- fellow-officers ultimately came from FROM THE COLLEGE BOOK RAYMOND, OR D Sir Oliver Lodge. $3.00. The most important book of the moment. Read re- te this BULLETS AND WILLETS- By Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather, Car- Soon of the famous "Fragments from France. 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