THE

INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS

ILLUSTRATED

BY REFERRING THE ANOMALIES IN

THE LITERARY CHARACTER,

TO THE

HABITS AND CONSTITUTIONAL PECULIARITIES

OF

MEN OF GENIUS.

R. R. MADDEN ESQ.

AUTHOR OF "TRAVELS IN TURKEY &c.

Qui ratione corporis non habent, sed cogunt mortalem immor-
tali, terrestrem ætheræ equalem prestare industriam.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CHARLEVILLE,

WHOSE TASTE FOR LITERATURE