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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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"I
forbear
to
make
any
comment
on
the
above
narrative,
further
than
to
declare
solemnly
that
it
is
a
faithful
account
of
facts
as
they
actually
occurred.
(Signed)
"JOHN
WILLIAMS."
{42}
When
we
come
to
dreams
of
the
future,
great
historical
examples
are
scarce
indeed,
that
is,
dreams
respectably
authenticated.
We
have
to
put
up
with
curious
trivialities.
One
has
an
odd
feature.
THE
RATTLESNAKE
Dr.
Kinsolving,
of
the
Church
of
the
Epiphany
in
Philadelphia,
dreamed
that
he
"came
across
a
rattlesnake,"
which
"when
killed
had
two
black-looking
rattles
and
a
peculiar
projection
of
bone
from
the
tail,
while
the
skin
was
unusually
light
in
colour".
Next
day,
while
walking
with
his
brother,
Dr.
Kinsolving
nearly
trod
on
a
rattlesnake,
"the
same
snake
in
every
particular
with
the
one
I
had
had
in
my
mind's
eye".
This
would
be
very
well,
but
Dr.
Kinsolving's
brother,
who
helped
to
kill
the
unlucky
serpent,
says
"he
had
a
single
rattle".
The
letters
of
these
gentlemen
were
written
without
communication
to
each
other.
If
Mr.
Kinsolving
is
right,
the
real
snake
with
one
rattle
was
not
the
dream
snake
with
two
rattles.
The
brothers
were
in
a
snaky
country,
West
Virginia.
{43}
The
following
is
trivial,
but
good.
It
is
written
by
Mr.
Alfred
Cooper,
and
attested
by
the
dreamer,
the
Duchess
of
Hamilton.
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