Bangor, ME: O.F. Knowles & Co., Printers, 1884. First edition. 8vo, 168pp. Bound in publisher's rust cloth boards with black ruling and gilt lettering on spine, beveled edges. Inscribed by Paine to Miss. A.E. Scammon and dated in 1894 on the ffep. Pages toned, boards lightly bumped and rubbed at spine ends and corners. Near fine.

An interesting and attractive Bangor imprint being a metaphysical tract by lawyer and writer, Albert Ware Paine (1812-1907).  A short review in The Literary World from 1884 describes the premise of the work:

"His new philosophy is simply the theory that the spirits of the dead are living about us on every side; having this earth as their local habitation, and yet not being trammeled by the limitations of space and time; influencing the living in a myriad ways for good and evil.  By this influence he thinks all that is mysterious in human nature, necromancy, witchcraft, dreams, second-sight, clairvoyance, hypnotism, genius, insanity, faith-cures, etc., etc., can be explained."

Price: $250.00