The New England Magazine Author:Making of America Project Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: was phenomenal. He built up an enormous practice in Philadelphia and New York, having his residence in the latter city. Four years ago he removed to Boston, wher... more »e the same remarkable success has attended him. His reputation is by no means confined to the large cities of the East. He is known throughout the entire country, and his patients are numbered in all parts of the world. His spacious offices at the corner of Washington street and Chester Park are constantly crowded with those seeking his aid, some of them coming from long distances. He lives with his family on Commonwealth avenue, in one of the finest residences in the city. PICTURES OF ALGIERS. BY EUGENE FELLNER. How like a dream to saunter through the street, Walled in by terraces where jasmine vine And cactus clasp beak-flowered columbine ; The rich perfume so delicately sweet, Seems to make dreaming all the more complete. Now in some mauresque hall where soft lights shine, We see a fair Algerian maid recline Upon her velvet divan white as sleet. But home we go,—the dying sun now frets With gold and crimion, woven like point lace, The old mosque's alabaster minarets That proudly stand like kings in realms of space.— All life-dreams quickly pass ; even mind forgets That fair form prisoned in its rich disgrace. chapter{Section 4ISMS. I.—CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MIND HEALING. BY REV. WILLIAM I. GILL, A. M. The subject of Mind Healing rises in recognized importance with the progress of human intelligence. But among some of the lower conditions of our race, "medicine men" have a place of power; and it is a striking verifiable fact that their methods are largely mental. They operate on the imagination and on the, hope and fear of their patients. Their method has generally been curtl...« less