You will soon learn to recognize that peculiar feeling of “all right,” that comes when you finally stand in front of the desired object.  Then you begin to move your right hand up and down and around, until you get the right “feel” about that also, when you should place your hand on the place which seems to attract you most.  You will find that the hand is just as responsive to the mental force, as are the feet.  You will soon learn to distinguish between the mental signals:  “up,” “down,” “to the right,” “to the left,” “stop now, you’re right,” etc.  I cannot tell you just the difference—­you must learn to “feel” them, and you will soon become expert in this.  It is like learning to skate, run an automobile, operate a typewriter or anything else—­all a matter of exercise and practice.  But it is astonishing how rapidly one may learn; and how, at times, one seems to progress by great leaps and bounds.  Now I shall give you the different stages or steps, which you will do well to follow in your exercises, progressing from the more simple to the more complex—­but be sure to thoroughly master the simple ones, before you pass on to the more complex one.  Be honest and strict with yourself—­make yourself “pass the examination” before promotion, in each and every step.

1.  Locations.  Begin by finding particular locations in a room; corners, alcoves, doors, etc.

2.  Large objects.  Then begin to find large objects, such as tables, chairs, book-cases, etc.

3.  Small objects.  Then proceed to find small objects, such as books on a table, sofa-cushions, ornaments, paper-knives, etc.  Gradually work down to very small objects, such as scarf-pins, articles of jewelry, pocket-knives, etc.

4.  Concealed objects.  Then proceed to find small objects that have been concealed under other objects, such as a pocket-book beneath a sofa-cushion, etc.; or a key in a book; or a key under a rug, etc.

5.  Minute objects.  Then proceed to discover very small objects, either concealed or else placed in an inconspicuous place, such as a pin stuck in the wall, etc.; or a small bean under a vase, etc.

The public performers of mind reading vary the above by sensational combinations, but you will readily see that these are but ingenious arrangements of the above general experiments, and that no new principle is involved.  As these lessons are designed for serious study and experiment, and not for sensational public performances, I shall not enter into this phase of the subject in these pages.  The student who understands the general principles, and is able to perform the above experiments successfully, will have no difficulty in reproducing the genuine feats of the public mind readers, by simply using his ingenuity in arranging the stage-effects, etc.  Among other things, he will find that he will be able to