Fitzgerald Otho W S (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 134pp. Owner stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly, light wear and cover very slightly splayed, very good or better. The author was the Medical Superintendent of Shenley Hospital. Described in one review as a "characterologist," Fitzgerald in this book discusses the effects of both "inborn" personality types (introvert and extrovert) and "acquired" personality traits (the hysterical, the obsessional and the paranoid) and their effects on certain types of mental illness. In a positive contemporary review in the *Journal of Mental Science*, J. E. Nicole wrote that "Whether or not yet another system of typology will help clarify or otherwise the intricate riddle of personality remains to be seen, but this book is certainly interesting and valuably suggestive.".…