This idle trade: On Doctors who were Writers by David Waldron Smithers

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Very fine hardcover copy with dust jacket. Fourteen famous literary doctors form the subject of this study ranging from William Denton to Somerset Maugham. The book includes brief accounts of their lives, extracts from their works and comments on some of the questions being asked today about subjects which were of special interest to them. Medico-Literary associations are discussed in the preface. Irish interest include, Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Gogarty, Charles Lever and William Wilde. Collector’s Item

ISBN 10: 0951350013 / ISBN 13: 9780951350010