The Habit Of Dreaming

The fullest examinatlon into the nature and origin of dreams has been made by M. Moreau, the Freneh scieutist. He divides dreams into the di-eams of liealth and the dreams that are the refvult of the diseased state of the niind or body. In regard to the latter ií need only be remarked that persistent dream5ng is one of the most invariable symptoms of insanity, and it is a psycholog1ieal fact if genius is near allied to madr.ess, genius must te expected to dream more than ordinary men. With regard to the dreams of health, they are the reBult of an imperfect state of conseiousness or an imperfect state of sleep, according as we look at it. It is obvious that the mind of the clever man, that is constantly occupied with many schemes and thoughts, is more liable tobe awake when his body is asleep than that of the duliard, whose mind Is often asleep when his body is awake. Thus the sleep of the plowboy has become proverbial on account of its undisturbed nature. In most cases a man of lively imagination and quickbrain is undoubtedly more liable to dream than the duliard.