“From imperfection’s murkiest cloud Darts always forth one ray of perfect light, One flash of heaven’s glory. * * * * * “All, all for immortality, Love like the light silently wrapping all, Nature’s amelioration blessing all, The blossoms, fruits of ages, orchards divine and certain, Forms, objects, growths, humanities, to spiritual images ripening. “Give me, O God, to sing that thought, Give me, give him or her I love, this quenchless faith, * * * * * Belief in plan of Thee enclosed in time and space, Health, peace, salvation universal. “Is it a dream? Nay, but the lack of it the dream, And failing it life’s lore and wealth a dream, And all the world a dream.” THE END. PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON * * * * * THE MASSAGE CASE. _BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ (2 VOLS. T. FISHER UNWIN.) THE HOSPITAL. “The author of this decidedly clever novel seems to have written ‘The Massage Case’ as a reminiscence of a very unpleasant personal experience.... From this point of view it is noteworthy for its studious moderation of tone. Not only have we the contrast between the two doctors and nurses, the good and the bad, but the good qualities of Dr. Broadley and the woman employed by him are honestly stated. There is no attempt to depict either as an impostor, and the doctor’s energy and force of character are spoken of with frank admiration, although these are the main instruments in bringing the patient to the verge of madness.... Such a character is perfectly real, perfectly possible; and while the mischief that results from his somewhat pachydermatous honesty and lack of fine perception is plainly stated--while we are shown that the very force and strength of character which had won him his place in the front of the profession tend to overawe his patient, and make her submit in silence to wrong judgment of her symptoms--there is no attempt to vilify Dr. Broadley himself, nor the profession to which he belongs.... If this book, which, under the guise of a story, points out clearly, but with a not unfriendly hand, the errors into which both branches of the medical profession are apt to fall, and makes doctors and nurses more careful and kind, we, at least, will bid it welcome.” * * * * * _REVIEWS OF “THE MASSAGE CASE.”_ BY CYRIL BENNETT. THE BOSTON MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL.