Roger Dinwiddie by A. M. Irvine
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Roger Dinwiddie – Soul Doctor by A. M. Irvine
Published: T. Werner Laurie, London 1907
Condition: Good. Decorated boards, no dust jacket. An ex-library book, from the Besant Memorial Library. The design on boards is still bright and clear, binding is firm, pages are clean and unmarked.
Amelia Mary Dinwiddie (1866-1950) was born in Northern Ireland, of Irish and Scottish descent. Her father was an Anglican clergyman, the family moved to England soon after her birth. She was a prolific author, writing for girls but also several books with a medical theme. This one however is unusual, it appears to be her only work with a specifically spiritual theme, albeit a peculiar one. It is also extremely rare, it was never republished. The guiding principle of the fictitious Dr Dinwiddie is that different religions suit different temperaments. Thus he sends one patient to the Salvation Army and recommends another to enter a religious order. The plot is complicated by the fact he falls in love and eventually
marries one of his patients, who he believes to be a lost part of his own soul. It was sufficiently unusual to attract the attention of the British Medical Journal, where it received a review – not a particularly favourable one.
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