ness, however vehemently it may be denied, is inevitable and seems inevitable to bring disillusionment and unhappiness. (Cleckley, 1957. p. 38.) '

In reference to the above quote, there is no doubt that a homosexual union may not always be the harmoniously beautiful aspect of life the homosexual wishes it to be. What is important, however, is that neither are heterosexual relations always or usually as beautifully harmonious as heterosexuals would like, not to mention those heterosexual relations carried out short of actual genital union by adolescents, relations which are advocated by Albert Ellis and are not always too unlike those relationships engaged in by homosexuals. To say that the two sexes fit perfectly or to say that they have the same psychological and/or emotional responses appears to be in the light of modern knowledge unwise. To be really perfect, the bodies would have to be built differently, with certain anatomical features placed differently.

Heterosexuals find it just as necessary as homosexuals to be biased. Otherwise, they would not be able to live up to the ideas they have been taught by their earlier fantasies they must achieve in order to be fully existing in the most meaningful manner possible.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Berg, Charles, and Clifford Allen, The Problem of Homosexuality, Citadel Press, New York, 1958.

Beier, Ernst, "Homosexuality: Toward a Cultural Definition," University of Utah, an unpublished survey report, 1960.

Benjamin, Harry, "In Time... We Must Accept," Mattachine Review, 4 (June, 1958), pp. 12-1:53.

Bieber, Irving, & Associates, Homosexuality: A Psychoanalytic Study, Basic Books, New York, 1962.

Cleckley, Hervy Milton, The Caricature of Love, Ronald Press, New York, 1957. David, Henry P., and Helmut von Bracken, editors, Perspective in Personality, Basic Books, New York, 1957.

Fromm, Eric, The Meaning of Love, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1956.

Kirkendall, Lester A., "Toward a Clarification of the Concept of Male Sex Drive," Marriage & Family Living, 22 (November, 1958), pp. 367-372.

Progoff, Ira, Depth Psychology & Modern Man, Julian Press, New York, 1959. Sandor, Lorand, editor, Perversions, Psycho-dynamics and Therapy, Random House, 1956.

Tillich, Paul, Existentialism, Psychotherapy, and the Nature of Man," Pastoral Psychology, 11 (1960); pp. 10-11.

BOOKS

HOMOSEXUAL BLACKMAIL?

THE STRANGE DEATH OF LORD CASTLEREAGH, by H. Montgomery Hyde. London: Heinemann. 1959. Reviewed by Noel 1. Garde.

A torrent of blood gushing from the self-inflicted gash in his jugular, England's political leader slumped into the arms. of his doctor, who'd reached the room too late. In a minute, he was dead. The fear that he was about to be arrested for a homosexual offense had made life unbearable for him.

A ridiculous, melodramatic fantasy? No, pure history. The dead man, perhaps history's most famous suicide-victim of homosexual blackmail, was Robert Stewart, at this time Marquess of Londonderry, but better known to history by his earlier title-Viscount Castlereagh. At the time Castlereagh cut his throat, he had been Foreign Minister for 10 years. He was also Leader of the House of Commons (his title being an Irish one) and Tory party leader. The Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, being merely an ineffective figurehead, Castlereagh was considered generally as the real head of the government. Within a week, he had been scheduled to leave for a Big Four Conference, the Congress of Verona, where the fate. of Spain, Greece and Latin America was to be decided.

Although the homosexual blackmail angle has generally been "hushed up" in historical accounts of Castlereagh's suicide, it was no mere scandalous rumor. The original source was Castlereagh himself, who reported receipt of a blackmail letter to many persons close to him, including even King George IV and his friend and colleague, the Duke of Wellington. The allusions did not allow for any ambiguity. As he told the King, "I am accused of the same crime as the Bishop of Clogher... Police officers are searching for me to arrest me."

The name of Clogher was on the lips of all London in the summer of 1822, and it is still associated with one of England's most notorious "cases." On the night of July 19, 1822, the Right Rev. Percy Jocelyn, Bishop of Clogher, and the son of an Earl, was caught right "in the act" with a private in the Guards named John Moverly. After their arrest and booking, the Bishop got out on bail and fled to Scotland, where he survived another 20 years under the name of Thomas Wilson, supposedly working

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