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Anatomy of Melancholy

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Anatomy of Melancholy
lists causes, symptoms, and characteristics of melancholy. [Br. Lit.: Anatomy of Melancholy]

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I read Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy -- pretty heavy reading for a youngster.
A famous English book, Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, written in 1621, offers this comment:
Jonathan Hullah, a shrewd, unconventional physician whose heroes are Paracelsus and Richard Burton, author of The Anatomy of Melancholy.
 
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