F237 A237

No. 489

Date Purchased : July 1923 Price £2.17.6

From : The London Foreign Book Co,

When read : Aug 1923

Subject : Twenty four hours of life in Dublin

Period 1921 Country Ireland

Comments

The Ravings of a Lunatic
possessed of Extraordinary Erudition

I had heard this book spoken of
as “a man’s thoughts during a day set down
without reserve”. If it were this alone it
might be readable, as if it is several
peoples thoughts – and unfortunately one
often does not know who is thinking or
speaking It is both Sacriligous and
and vicious – but that is nothing against
it if it is supposed to be a study of
the psychology of human brains. If so it
is a work of Genius. Conceding that the
author has taken on … as lower than the ….