Project Gutenberg 2015-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 118 Various Verschillende Various, Various Chambers, Robert 1802 1871 Chambers, R. (Robert) Chambers, William 1800 1883 Chambers, W. (William) Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 710 August 4, 1877 Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 710" by Various is a periodical publication containing articles on literature, science, and the arts, likely written in the late 19th century. This particular edition explores themes of belief and delusion, discussing historical trends in public credulity towards phenomena like mesmerism, spiritualism, and related societal crazes. It serves to engage readers in reflecting on the nature of belief and skepticism, particularly in the context of the scientific thought and cultural attitudes of its time. At the start of the journal, the author comments on the fallibility of human perception, emphasizing how delusions can take hold of the public's imagination. It references Dr. W. B. Carpenter's work on the history and science of mesmerism and spiritualism, illustrating how widely accepted beliefs can stem from ignorance or emotional bias rather than rational inquiry. The opening transitions into vivid examples of past 'epidemic delusions,' demonstrating how collective belief can spread like contagion, leading seemingly rational individuals to embrace the nonsensical without proper scrutiny. Overall, the introduction sets a tone of caution, inviting readers to be vigilant against accepting the extraordinary without substantiating evidence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Periodicals AP Text Chambers's Edinburgh Journal Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science - General Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Category: Journalism/Media/Writing 136541 2025-06-19T17:32:55.061343 text/html 113075 2024-10-24T17:41:38 text/html 269854 2025-06-19T17:32:57.880325 application/epub+zip 270600 2025-06-19T17:32:55.614329 application/epub+zip 121452 2025-06-19T17:32:55.296336 application/epub+zip 341180 2025-06-19T17:32:59.901345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327558 2025-06-19T17:32:57.568339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166198 2022-09-22T11:27:11.367319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124817 2023-09-21T10:31:35.657479 text/plain 104923 2024-10-24T17:41:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17416 2025-06-19T17:33:00.048314 application/rdf+xml 25855 2025-06-19T17:32:55.372346 image/jpeg 2712 2025-06-19T17:32:55.335327 image/jpeg 260038 2025-06-19T17:32:55.082357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia