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A study of British genius.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin, 1926.
Edition:New ed., rev. and enl.
Subjects:
Genius.
Ability, Distribution of.
Great Britain > Intellectual life.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory
  • Nationality and race
  • Social class
  • Heredity and parentage
  • Childhood and youth
  • Marriage and family
  • Duration of life
  • Pathology
  • Stature
  • Pigmentation
  • Other characteristics
  • Conclusions
  • The Celtic spirit in literature
  • The evolution of painting in England
  • Genius and stature
  • The comparative abilities of the fair and the dark
  • Appendices.