Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — News and Views Nordau Assails Trusts. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News and Views

Nordau Assails Trusts.

Dr. Max Nordau, who has lately turned his attention to the consolidation of large companies of 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 continents with his rarely analytical book, “Conventional Lies of Society.” In 1886 he published his “Paradoxes,” and in 1893 the work by which he is best known, "Degeneration.” In this remarkably original bock Dr. Nordau atetmpts to show on purely psycho-physiological grounds that alj 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 and moral phenomena.. Dr. Nordau is descended from a well-known Jewish family of Buda-

pest. He began writing to the newspapers on many topics even while he was a lad at school. He is 52 years old.

MAX NORDAU.