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George Foote

Bible Romances, First SeriesG. W. Foote Bible Romances, First Series THE CREATION STORY BIBLE ROMANCES. – 1 By G. W. FOOTE.The Book of Genesis is generally thought, as Professor Huxley says, to contain the beginning and the end of sound science. The mythology of the Jews is held to be a divine re...

The Book of God : In the Light of the Higher CriticismG. W. Foote The Book of God : In the Light of the Higher Criticism / With Special Reference to Dean Farrar's New Apology I. INTRODUCTION During the fierce controversy between the divines of the Protestant Reformation and those of the Roman Cat...

Voltaire: A Sketch of His Life and WorksG. W. Foote Voltaire: A Sketch of His Life and Works INTRODUCTION My share in this little book on Voltaire is a very minor one. My old friend and colleague, Mr. J. M. Wheeler, had written the greater part of the following pages before he brought the enterpr...

Satires and ProfanitiesG. W. Foote Satires and Profanities PREFACE Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought, I take a natural pride and pleasure in rescuing the following articles from burial in the great...

Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest EnglandG. W. Foote Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England SALVATION SYRUP; OR, LIGHT ON DARKEST ENGLAND Twenty years ago the Hallelujah Band spread itself far and wide, but soon spent itself like a straw fire. Then arose the Salvation Army, doing the s...

Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)G. W. Foote Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) PREFACEA little more than a year ago I put forth a collection of articles under the title of Flowers of Freethought. The little volume met with a favorable reception, and I now issue a Second Series. By a "fa...

Flowers of Freethought (First Series)G. W. Foote Flowers of Freethought (First Series) PREFACEHeinrich Heine called himself a soldier in the army of human liberation. It was a modest description of himself, for he was more; his position was that of a leader, and his sword was like the mystic Exca...

Arrows of FreethoughtG. W. Foote Arrows of Freethought PREFACEI republish in this little volume a few of my numerous articles that have appeared in the Secularist, the Liberal, the National Reformer, and the Freethinker, during the last five or six years. I have included nothing (I hope) of merel...

Reminiscences of Charles BradlaughG. W. Foote Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh INTRODUCTION The following pages are reprinted, with some alterations and additions, from the columns of the Freethinker. They are neither methodical nor exhaustive. I had the privilege of knowing Mr. Bradlaugh more ...