Twentieth Century (Vol. IX No. 14 - October 6, 1892): A Weekly Radical Magazine

Joseph Fitzgerald (Editor) and J. W. Sullivan (Associate Editor) (Contributors include: Henry MacDonald, Albert L. Leubuscher)

Published by The Humboldt Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1892

About this Item

Offered is the October 6, 1892 (Vol. IX No. 14) issue of "Twentieth Century: A Weekly Radical Magazine" edited by Joseph Fitzgerald (J. [James] W. Sullivan served as Associate Editor) and published by The Humboldt Publishing Company out of New York City. A magazine measuring 9" by 12-1/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. With eight pages of vintage advertisements, contents of this issue include: Editorial by Joseph Fitzgerald (on various subjects, including "The Chinese Must Go'" ["The Chinese in the United States are up in arms against the Geary law, and seem to be unanimous in the determination not to comply with it" - "The Chinamen will have to abide by that law or suffer the rather serious consequence of disobedience - deportation back to their own country"]; "The Scholar in Politics"; "Religion in France"; "How to Pray Cholera Away" ["If in all the world - outside of Tibet, where prayer is done by machinery - there is a race that may claim the title of prayer experts, it is the Polish Jews, and here is the manner of their praying cholera away, as reported by Hall Caine in the London 'Times'"]); lengthy "China and Its Customs" by Henry MacDonald ("Poverty here is a normal condition. There are millions here who have no more permanent homes or settled means of subsistence than wild birds" - "The position of woman is a degraded one" - "The most infamous of Chinese institutions are their criminal courts"); "Is Homestead Portentous of a General Class War?" by J. W. Sullivan ("III. - Opposing Points of View"); "Replies to Mr. Albert L. Leubuscher [of Twentieth Century]" ("Many replies have been called forth by my 'Open Letter to the Leaders of the People's Party,' published in the Twentieth Century of September 15" - with text of several letters); Correspondence; quotations column The Working of the Yeast; column Our Weekly News-Letter. A complete issue; former owner's name to upper right corner of front cover; covers light to moderately soiled, particularly along edge areas; covers detached but present; the front cover shows a few small edge and corner chips; pages age-toned.

Seller Inventory # 015635

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Twentieth Century (Vol. IX No. 14 - October 6, 1892): A Weekly Radical Magazine
• Publisher: The Humboldt Publishing Company, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1892
• Language: English
• Binding: Magazine
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Radical and Progressive
  • Philosophy and Sociology