Autobiographical Sketches by Annie Wood Besant
page 143 of 213 (67%)
page 143 of 213 (67%)
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"The publishing office of the _National Reformer_ and of all the works of Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant is now at 28, Stonecutter Street, E.C., three doors from Farringdon Street, where the manager, Mr. W.J. Ramsey, will be glad to receive orders for the supply of any Freethought literature". A week later we issued the following address: "ADDRESS FROM THE FREETHOUGHT PUBLISHING COMPANY TO THE READERS OF THE 'NATIONAL REFORMER'. "When the prospectus of the _National Reformer_ was issued by the founder, Charles Bradlaugh, in 1859, he described its policy as 'Atheistic in theology, Republican in politics, and Malthusian in social economy', and a free platform was promised and has been maintained for the discussion of each of these topics. In ventilating the population question the stand taken by Mr. Bradlaugh, both here and on the platform, is well known to our old readers, and many works bearing on this vital subject have been advertised and reviewed in these columns. In this the _National Reformer_ has followed the course pursued by Mr. George Jacob Holyoake, who in 1853 published a 'Freethought Directory', giving a list of the various books supplied from the 'Fleet Street House', and which list contained amongst others: "'Anti-Marcus on the Population Question.' "Fowler's Tracts on Physiology, etc. "Dr. C. Knowlton's 'Fruits of Philosophy'. |
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