Cardinal O'Connell of Boston A Biography of William Henry O'Connell 1859-1944, by Dorothy G. Wayman (read 11 Feb 1981) This fluffy book was published in 1954. I thought since it came out ten years after the Cardinal's death (on April 22, 1944) it might have some objectivity about him, but one must read between the lines to get frankness. O'Connell was a character who really believed a Prince must live like a Prince did a while back. Still, the book was interesting and I don't mind having read it. But how much more I would have preferred reading a book on Cardinal O'Connell by a man like Father Ellis, whose volumes on Cardinal Gibbons are what a biography pf a cardinal should be. ( )