"Psychical Research and Common Sense" will be the subject of a talk which Mr. Basil King, the prominent novelist, will give tonight in the Shepard Room of Phillips Brooks House. The meeting, which will be held at 7.30 o'clock is under the auspices of the Graduate Schools Society, and is open to all members of the University.

Mr. King has been writing since 1900, when he published his first novel, "Griselda". Since that time he has written many popular books and has become one of the outstanding figures in American literature. His published works number fifteen and contain among them such widely known volumes as "Let Not Man Put Asunder", "The Giant's Strength", "Wild Olive", "The Street Called Straight", "The Letter of the Contract", "The High Heart", and "The City of Comrades".

Mr. King has for many years been a careful student of psychical phenomena in their various aspects, and as such will speak tonight about his study and experience in this field. It is likely that the ideas expressed in one of his more recent books, "The Abolishment of Death", will serve as the basis of Mr. King's development of the subject.

Before the address C. M. Hastings '25, one of the baritone soloists of the University Glee Club, will give several vocal selections.