Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variationsin hyphenation and accents and all other spelling andpunctuation remains unchanged.
The quotation from Ballad of Reading Gaol, (Chapter VIII) has beencorrected from
to
The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in thepublic domain.
“THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SLEEP”
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
SLEEP
BY
BOLTON HALL, M.A.
Author of “Three Acres and Liberty,” “Things as They Are,”“Free America,” etc.
With an Introduction
BY
EDWARD MOFFAT WEYER, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, Washington and JeffersonCollege
New York
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
1917
Copyright, 1911, by
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
New York
All rights reserved
Published October, 1911
THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REVEREND DR. JOHN HALL
WHO PREACHED FROM THE WORD
WHAT I TEACH FROM THE WORLD
At the request of the author, I have read thisbook in proof sheets, and, from the point ofview of one interested in psychology, I havesuggested many amendments which have all, Ithink, been adopted.
As will be seen by the intelligent reader, thebest sleep involves more than a normal body; itinvolves healthy thought and the application toour daily lives of the moral principles laid downby our great spiritual teachers.
The cure of sleeplessness has hitherto beenleft largely to the physician, who is not alwaysa specialist on that subject and who will welcomea treatise that will enable his patient toco-operate with his restorative measures. Mr.Hall has already shown in Three Acres andLiberty and in The Garden Yard his ability toput into clear, popular language and readableform scientific truths that non-scientific peopleneed to know and wish to learn.
The proper management of our own bodies iseven more essential to our happiness and wellviii-beingthan the proper management of the land,and I hope that this book will be no less welcometo students and physicians than to thegreat mass who for lack of knowledge or o