Confessions of a Book Lover was first published in 1922, and even though it is nearly a century old it is a delightful rummage through a lifetime of reading. We have abbreviated the original with those sections we found most engaging.
Maurice Francis Egan was an American writer and diplomat. He was a prolific writer and had a long and successful career as a Catholic journalist, literary critic, and novelist. He was a professor of English at two universities, and served as United States Minister in Copenhagen.