'Mescal: A New Artifical Paradise', pp. 537-548 in the General Appendix of Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Ellis (Havelock)

Publication details: Washington: Government Printing Office,1898,

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The first American printing of Ellis's essay, the second of his reports - originally printed in the Contemporary Review' - on his experiments with mescaline, conducted privately, on Good Friday, 1896. The greater part of the volume is given to the 'General Appendix', which is a catalogue of scientific discovery for that year; other notable contributions include Wilhelm Rntgen on X-Rays.

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numerous plates (some folding), not relating to the Ellis essay, pp. xlvii, 686, 8vo, original green cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, emblem in gilt stamped to upper board, cloth of lower board a little marked, rubbing to extremities, hinges slightly shaken (but secure), inverted on the rear endpapers a later gift inscription as well as a 'Class Library' stamp for the Department of Psychology (who knows where?), good

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