Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1901 — DR. MAX NORDAU [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DR. MAX NORDAU

Now Appears as a Critic of Industrial Conso' id a tions. Dr. Max Nordau, who has lately turned his attention to the consolidation of large companies ot capitalists, is one of

the most skillful and learned physicians of Europe. His very widespread fame is due, however, not to his scientific ability, but rather to his brilliance as an author. In 1883 he shocked and delighted two contl-

nents with his rarely analytical book. “Conventional Lies of Society.” In 188'1 he published his "Paradoxes," and in 1893 the work by which he is best known, “Degeneration.” In this remarkably original book Dr. Nordau attempts to show on purely psycho physiological grounds that all modern tendencies are toward degeneration. He fortifies his position by examinations into art, literature and life, and claims that degeneracy is seen in all mental aud moral phenomena. Dr. Nordau is descended from a well-known Jewish family of Budapest. He began writing to the newspapers on many topics even while he was a lad at school. He is 52 years old.

DR. NOKDAU.