There are two principal kinds of dreams, the speculative or contemplative, and the allegorical or significative. To these one ought to pay attention, the speculative happening in the fulfilment as it occurred in dreams, for example: A prisoner in a small prison at Paris dreamed that a cord was being attached to his neck to hang him, that after it was done a stranger appeared with a sword who severed the cord and delivered him from death; this was fulfilled the next day, for the judge having pronounced his sentence, and given him to the hangman, he was delivered by unknown persons employed by his friends. Allegorical dreams on the contrary never happen as one has dreamed. Thus, to dream of an angel, signifies revelation or good news, but to see a serpent which tries to bite one signifies troubles arising from the envy of others. Speculative dreams are soon fulfilled, allegorical ones not so quickly; a day or two often intervening between the dream and its completion. ABOUT THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS.  “Dreams? Nonsense!” I hear some grave-faced person cry. Indeed! And where did this grave-faced person learn his wisdom? Not from experience, I will engage. No, experience teaches us the reverse of this. Dreams are _by no means_ nonsense. This I maintain openly in the face of all the world. I maintain even that _every dream has its signification_. Not that it always discloses the future, I am far from asserting that. I say only it _has its signification_. Commonly a dream "permits us to cast a glance into the soul or into the heart of man. The thoughts which dwell in the former, and the feelings which sway the latter, shape themselves in sleep into various images, which throw a strong light upon the character. There have no doubt been many extravagant fictions palmed off as facts relative to dreams, but yet enough credible evidence exists of their importance to make any strange dream the subject of reflection and examination on the part of the dreamer; and it cannot be denied that many things in our dreams are actually omens. A LIST OF DREAMS, WITH THEIR TRUE INTERPRETATION, TOGETHER WITH THE LUCKY NUMBERS OF THE LOTTERY WHICH THEY SIGNIFY. ABOVE. To dream you see any thing hanging _above_ you signifies you will improve in your worldly prospects, and soon be in a better situation than you were before you had the dream. 76, 62, 14. ABSENCE. To dream of absent persons, signifies that they will soon return. It also denotes success in business. 4, 22. ABSCESS. If you dream you have an abscess, or running sore on your person, it foretells good fortune and good health, to be preceded by sickness. 3, 27. ABUSE. To dream that you are abused and insulted, is a sign that some dispute will happen between you and some person with whom you have business; if you are in love, be assured that some one has attempted to injure you with the object of your affections, and that they have in a great measure succeeded. 6, 38, 44.