""Letter to Doctor A. Brigham on Animal Magnetism"" is a book that describes a fascinating encounter between the author, William Leete Stone, and a woman named Miss Loraina Brackett while she was in a state of somnambulism. The book is written as a letter to Doctor A. Brigham, who was a prominent physician and advocate of animal magnetism (a precursor to hypnosis). In the letter, Stone recounts his conversation with Miss Brackett, who was able to...