Addington Bruce
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Henry Addington Bayley Bruce (1874–1959) was an American
journalist and author, born in Toronto, Canada, and educated at Upper Canada College
and Trinity College
, Toronto. He was for a time on the Toronto Week, then came to the United States
, was employed by the American Press Association between 1897 and 1903, and afterward contributed to many periodicals, notably The Outlook. In 1916 he resigned as staff contributor to The Outlook. In 1915 he became psychological adviser to the Associated Newspapers. Addington Bruce also wrote books. His most successful work was in American history and in popularizing modern psychology and psychical research. He published:
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journalist and author, born in Toronto, Canada, and educated at Upper Canada College
Upper Canada College
Upper Canada College , located in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an independent elementary and secondary school for boys between Senior Kindergarten and Grade Twelve, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The secondary school segment is divided into ten houses; eight are...
and Trinity College
University of Trinity College
The University of Trinity College, informally referred to as Trin, is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Trinity was intended by Strachan as a college of strong Anglican alignment, after the University of Toronto severed its ties with the Church of...
, Toronto. He was for a time on the Toronto Week, then came to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, was employed by the American Press Association between 1897 and 1903, and afterward contributed to many periodicals, notably The Outlook. In 1916 he resigned as staff contributor to The Outlook. In 1915 he became psychological adviser to the Associated Newspapers. Addington Bruce also wrote books. His most successful work was in American history and in popularizing modern psychology and psychical research. He published:
- The Riddle of Personality (1908)
- Historic Ghosts and Ghost-Hunters (1909)
- The Romance of American Expansion (1909)
- Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Land (1910)
- A translation of Leroy-Beaulieu's The United States in the Twentieth Century (1906; new edition, 1911)
- Scientific Mental Healing (1911)
- Woman in the Making of America (1912)
- Adventurings in the Psychical (1914)
- Sleep and Sleeplessnes (1915)
- Psychology and Parenthood (1915)
- The Riddle of Personality (new and revised edition, 1916)
- Handicaps of Childhood (1917)
- Nerve Control and how to Gain It (1918)
- Self-Development (1921)