release from supervision, was declared sane by a jury.

Strength of mind and religious feeling doubtless saved him from the fate
of Mr. Cope. A brave man can resist such an attack under favourable
circumstances.

It is well known to those who have read the Biography of Lawrence
Oliphant, and that of Dr. Anna Kingsford by Professor Maitland, that
Lawrence Oliphant, who became a Shaker (a member of a sect who employ
hypnotism, as Mr. H. Vincent describes, to bind their neophytes to
them),[5] wrote commonplace vulgar verse on religious subjects, although
himself a highly cultivated literary man.

[Footnote 5: "Elements of Hypnotism," Appendix, _note_ 3, p. 270.]

Hypnotism doubtless led to this; the verse thought out in some vulgar
Shaker's mind was transferred to Oliphant. Not only was Oliphant induced
to become a Shaker, but his wife became one also, and both sacrificed
much money to the society and agreed to live in celibacy. Let us continue
again from the known to the unknown. Mrs. Lawrence Oliphant's brother,
the late Captain Lestrange, R.N., left his ship without leave, to avoid
his wife. He had married an undesirable person, who has also been dead
some years.

He was a most intelligent officer, and commanded the despatch vessel of
the Admiral in command of the Mediterranean fleet. It is most probable
that he was weakened by hypnotism, otherwise he would not have entered
into this marriage, or allowed himself to be broken down by disgust at
its consequences. An exceedingly manly, robust character, and devoted to
his profession, he could not without being hypnotised have deserted his