Excerpt from Children's Dreams From the very dawn of history the world of dreams has occupied a position of unique interest. In the biblical record the interpreter of dreams was regarded as a man of exceptional power and ability who could penetrate the mystery of the occult and give to the world the meaning of the night-vision. Among primitive races the dream is regarded with reverence and anxiety as the message from the back of beyond of something of immense importance to the welfare of the dreamer. Hence, the extraordinary influence of those who profess to be able to unravel the symbolism of the mysterious visitation and translate it into the language of everyday life. The universality of the dream is in itself evidence of its biological significance, but in the past the scientific study of the dream has received insufficient attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.