Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * PRICE 5 CENTS. HOW TO HYPNOTIZE. The Science of Controlling the Minds of Others. MULTUM IN PARVO LIBRARY. Entered at Boston Post Office as second class matter. Published by A. B. Courtney, Room 74, 45 Milk Street, Boston. Vol. 3. APRIL, 1896. Published Monthly. No. 28 Subscription Price, 50 Cents Per Year. Introduction. This little work has been written in a hurry amid the worry and pressure of professional duties. It has also been ruthlessly cut down to compress it within the space allotted by the publisher. Neither profundity of matter, nor perfection of style is aimed at. It is written in every-day language, and may limp a little here and there. For none of these faults do I offer an apology to my readers. I ask them to take it as it is--as something more than a mere introduction to a most interesting and important subject. How to Mesmerize. It is generally believed that only weak-minded, _soft_, and hysterical persons can be successfully mesmerized--that persons of robust health, will, and character cannot be so affected. There never was a greater mistake. Reichenbach for many years selected his sensitives from delicate and hysterical persons while pursuing investigations into odylic force. He, however, soon discovered his error, and found that healthy men and women made the best sensitives for his investigation. Dr. Braid fell into the same error. More About Hypnotism. Charcot and others, including the whole range of recent hypnotists, have revived this error. The experience of all mesmerists--past and present--worthy of the name is this: the healthier and finer the organization, the more perfect and exalted the manifestations.