Excerpt from American CharacterIn the Spring of 1929 I felt that I had finished this ph of v when I read Joseph Wood Krutch's The Madm Tamer: A Study and 4 Con jassim. Here in one volume, written with real dis tincdon of style and with abundant knowledge of all phases of contemporary thought, is the mood gen erated in the author by the intellectual convictions current in his time. He was determined to follow out every thought as far as he could without caring where it would lead and without tempering any conclusion out of consideration to either his own sensibilities or those of any one else. The masters of the modern mind found in him a sympathetic and even submis sive disciple. From the books which they had written and from the words which some of them had spoken to him, he felt himself carried in a general direction which kept him side by side With many of them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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