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THE DOCTOR LOOKS
AT BIOGRAPHY
THE DOCTOR LOOKS
AT BIOGRAPHY
PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES
OF LIFE AND LETTERS
BY
JOSEPH COLLINS
AUTHOR OF “THE DOCTOR LOOKS AT LITERATURE,”
“TAKING THE LITERARY PULSE,” “IDLING IN
ITALY,” “MY ITALIAN YEAR,” ETC.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1925,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
[Illustration]
THE DOCTOR LOOKS AT BIOGRAPHY
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
_To_
LIGHTNER WITMER
_Psychologist and Educator_
TO RECALL STUDENT
DAYS IN GERMANY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author expresses his thanks to the editors of _The
Bookman_, _McNaught’s Monthly_, _The International
Book Review_, and _The New York Sun_ for permission to
elaborate material used by them into certain chapters of
this volume.
CONTENTS
PART I: BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PAGE
I BIOGRAPHY 15
II AUTOBIOGRAPHY 43