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A. (Alphonse) Loisette
Best known for popularizing late 19th-century memory training, this author wrote practical guides built around attention, association, and disciplined mental habits. His work promises not just better recall, but sharper observation and more active thinking.
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Assimilative Memory; or, How to Attend and Never Forget
by A. (Alphonse) Loisette
About the author
Writing as A. Loisette or Prof. A. Loisette, he became known for books on memory improvement, including Assimilative Memory; or, How to Attend and Never Forget and Memory; a Scientific, Practical Method of Cultivating the Faculties of Attention, Recollection and Retention. His books present memory as something strengthened through close attention and meaningful association rather than simple rote drills.
Project Gutenberg identifies A. Loisette as Marcus Dwight Larrowe, showing that the byline was a pen name rather than a separate public figure. Contemporary and later reference sources also connect the Loisette name with a well-known commercial memory-training system that circulated widely in the United States in the 1880s and 1890s.
Today, he is remembered mainly through these early self-improvement manuals, which reflect a long-running public fascination with mnemonics, concentration, and the idea that better thinking can lead to better memory.