Burns and the kirk...
Aberdeen.
A. Martin, 1889.
Second edition.
[4], 145pp, [1].
[Bound with:] BROOKE, Stopford A. Theology & miracle. Two sermons preached in bedford chapel, bloomsbury, On Sunday Mornings, in July, 1880. London. British & Foreign Unitarian Association, 1891. 23pp, [1].
[And:] BROOKE, Stopford A. What think ye of Christ? A sermon... London. [Woodfall & Kinder], [1884]. 16pp.
[And:] SALADIN [i.e. ROSS, William Stewart]. Concerning the Devil. London. W. Stewart & Co., [s.d., c. 1890] 15pp, [1]. OCLC records a single copy (Emory).
[And:] BESANT, Annie. Why I became a theosophist. London. Theosophical Publishing Society, 1891. Third edition. 31pp, [1].
[And:] BESANT, Annie. Gordon judged out of his own mouth. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1885. 16pp.
[And:] BESANT, Annie. The world and its gods. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1886. 24pp.
[And:] BRADLAUGH, Charles. The true story of my parliamentary struggle. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1882. 98pp.
[And:] BRADLAUGH, Charles. A cardinal's broken oath. A Letter to his eminence henry edward, cardinal-archbishop of westminster. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1882. Eighth thousand. 8pp.
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Discussion between rev. william adamson, edinburgh, and mr. charles watts, london. Proposition: is the belief in an infinite personal being reasonable and beneficial? [Glasgow]. [H. Nisbet], [1872]. 45, [1], 2pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. OCLC records a single copy (Oxford).
[And:] DAY, Henry. Origin of the genesis story of the creation & fall of man... London. Watts & Co., [1886]. 28pp.
[And:] INGERSOLL, Colonel Robert G. Skulls. A lecture. London. R. Forder, 1893. 29pp, [1].
[And:] FORDER, Robert. Christianity and paganism. St. Agnes and St. Bridget, And their Pagan Prototypes. London. R. Forder, 1888. 14pp.
[And:] STANDRING, George. [Drop-head title:] The Malthusian Movement: What is it? [London]. [W. H. Reynolds], [1893] 7pp, [1]. OCLC records a single copy (International Institute of Social History).
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Married Life: comfort or misery? [London]. [W. H. Reynolds], [s.d., c. 1890]. 7pp, [1]. OCLC records copies at just four locations (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Harvard, LoC, and NYPL).
[And:] WINDEYER, [Charles William]. [Drop-head title:] Mr. justice windeyer on the population question... [London. [W. H. Reynolds], [s.d., c. 1888]. 7pp, [1].
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Facetiae for freethinkers: A Collection of Genuine Jokes, Specimens of Fanciful Philosophy, and Matter for Mirth. [London]. [Printed and Published by Charles Watts], [s.d., c. 1890]. 8pp. OCLC records just two copies (Oxford and Wisconsin).
[And:] FOOTE, G. W. Defence of free speech: being a three hours' address to the jury in the court of queen's bench before lord coleridge On april 24, 1883. London. Progressive Publishing Company, 1889. 43pp, [1].
8vo. Contemporary red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked spine dulled. Inked ownership inscription of William Diack to head of title of first mentioned work, title page of fourth mentioned work stained, terminal leaf of fifth mentioned work naively repaired, scattered spotting.
[Bound with:] BROOKE, Stopford A. Theology & miracle. Two sermons preached in bedford chapel, bloomsbury, On Sunday Mornings, in July, 1880. London. British & Foreign Unitarian Association, 1891. 23pp, [1].
[And:] BROOKE, Stopford A. What think ye of Christ? A sermon... London. [Woodfall & Kinder], [1884]. 16pp.
[And:] SALADIN [i.e. ROSS, William Stewart]. Concerning the Devil. London. W. Stewart & Co., [s.d., c. 1890] 15pp, [1]. OCLC records a single copy (Emory).
[And:] BESANT, Annie. Why I became a theosophist. London. Theosophical Publishing Society, 1891. Third edition. 31pp, [1].
[And:] BESANT, Annie. Gordon judged out of his own mouth. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1885. 16pp.
[And:] BESANT, Annie. The world and its gods. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1886. 24pp.
[And:] BRADLAUGH, Charles. The true story of my parliamentary struggle. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1882. 98pp.
[And:] BRADLAUGH, Charles. A cardinal's broken oath. A Letter to his eminence henry edward, cardinal-archbishop of westminster. London. Freethought Publishing Company, 1882. Eighth thousand. 8pp.
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Discussion between rev. william adamson, edinburgh, and mr. charles watts, london. Proposition: is the belief in an infinite personal being reasonable and beneficial? [Glasgow]. [H. Nisbet], [1872]. 45, [1], 2pp. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. OCLC records a single copy (Oxford).
[And:] DAY, Henry. Origin of the genesis story of the creation & fall of man... London. Watts & Co., [1886]. 28pp.
[And:] INGERSOLL, Colonel Robert G. Skulls. A lecture. London. R. Forder, 1893. 29pp, [1].
[And:] FORDER, Robert. Christianity and paganism. St. Agnes and St. Bridget, And their Pagan Prototypes. London. R. Forder, 1888. 14pp.
[And:] STANDRING, George. [Drop-head title:] The Malthusian Movement: What is it? [London]. [W. H. Reynolds], [1893] 7pp, [1]. OCLC records a single copy (International Institute of Social History).
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Married Life: comfort or misery? [London]. [W. H. Reynolds], [s.d., c. 1890]. 7pp, [1]. OCLC records copies at just four locations (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Harvard, LoC, and NYPL).
[And:] WINDEYER, [Charles William]. [Drop-head title:] Mr. justice windeyer on the population question... [London. [W. H. Reynolds], [s.d., c. 1888]. 7pp, [1].
[And:] [Drop-head title:] Facetiae for freethinkers: A Collection of Genuine Jokes, Specimens of Fanciful Philosophy, and Matter for Mirth. [London]. [Printed and Published by Charles Watts], [s.d., c. 1890]. 8pp. OCLC records just two copies (Oxford and Wisconsin).
[And:] FOOTE, G. W. Defence of free speech: being a three hours' address to the jury in the court of queen's bench before lord coleridge On april 24, 1883. London. Progressive Publishing Company, 1889. 43pp, [1].
8vo. Contemporary red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked spine dulled. Inked ownership inscription of William Diack to head of title of first mentioned work, title page of fourth mentioned work stained, terminal leaf of fifth mentioned work naively repaired, scattered spotting.
A sammelband of eighteen late nineteenth-century pamphlets predominantly concerning matters devotional, moral, and philosophical.
The volume includes the second and final edition (printed in the year after the first) of Aberdonian Church of Scotland clergyman Alexander Webster's essay on poet Robert Burns and his influence on the religious and social regeneration of the people of Scotland; three theosophical pamphlets by socialist, women's rights activist, and educator Annie Besant (1847-1933); and Concerning the Devil, a remarkably rare analysis of portrayals of Satan by prominent secularist and editor of The Agnostic Journal and eclectic Review William Stewart Ross (1844-1906).
Provenance: William Diack (1871?-1942), journalist associated with the Aberdeen Free Press and Evening Gazette, sometime secretary of the Aberdeen Socialist Society, and author of History of the Trades Council and the Trade Union Movement in Aberdeen (1939).
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Antiquates Ref: 33328
The volume includes the second and final edition (printed in the year after the first) of Aberdonian Church of Scotland clergyman Alexander Webster's essay on poet Robert Burns and his influence on the religious and social regeneration of the people of Scotland; three theosophical pamphlets by socialist, women's rights activist, and educator Annie Besant (1847-1933); and Concerning the Devil, a remarkably rare analysis of portrayals of Satan by prominent secularist and editor of The Agnostic Journal and eclectic Review William Stewart Ross (1844-1906).
Provenance: William Diack (1871?-1942), journalist associated with the Aberdeen Free Press and Evening Gazette, sometime secretary of the Aberdeen Socialist Society, and author of History of the Trades Council and the Trade Union Movement in Aberdeen (1939).
