Little Essays of Love and Virtue eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 146 pages of information about Little Essays of Love and Virtue.

Little Essays of Love and Virtue eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 146 pages of information about Little Essays of Love and Virtue.

THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION. (Second Edition.)

FUNDAMENTALS IN SEXUAL ETHICS.

Mrs. S. Herbert: 

SEX LORE:  A PRIMER, ON COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD.

Dr. & Mrs. Herbert: 

SEXUAL LIFE OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLE.  Authorized Translation of Hans
Fehlinger’s volume.

PUBLISHED BY A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1

THE NEW HORIZON IN LOVE AND LIFE

By MRS. HAVELOCK ELLIS

WITH A PREFACE BY EDWARD CARPENTER AND
AN INTRODUCTION BY MARGUERITE TRACY

Demy 8vo PRICE 10/6 NET (By Post, 11s.)

Questions of Marriage and Divorce, of sex variation, of love in the past and in the future all come up for subtle consideration.  The items of our common knowledge are regrouped.  Here we see clearly revealed the personal conception of life that lay behind Mrs. Havelock Ellis’s brilliant novels.  We are arrested and spell-bound by the same understanding, the same directness of touch, the same beauty.

CONTENTS: 

Preface, by Edward Carpenter.  Introduction, by Marguerite Tracy.  Note, by
Havelock Ellis.

PART I.—­LOVE AND MARRIAGE.  The Love of To-Morrow.  A Noviciate for Marriage.  Semi-Detached Marriage.  Marriage and Divorce.  Eugenics and the Mystical Outlook.  Eugenics and Spiritual Parenthood.  Blossoming Time.  Love as a Fine Art.

PART II.—­THE NEW CIVILIZATION.  Democracy in the Kitchen.  The Masses and the Classes.  The Maternal in Domestic and Political Life.  Political Militancy:  Its Cause and Cure.  War.  The New Civilization.  The Philosophy of Happiness.  Bibliography.  Index.

OPINIONS: 

“Bold in pursuit of honesty.”—­Observer.

“The charm of style, the frankness and courage, the delicacy and idealism which marked her life’s work are here in full measure.”—­Challenge.

“A wholly sincere, clear-headed woman, Mrs. Ellis was often misunderstood because she was sane.”—­W.L.  George.

“Stimulates thought, arouses controversy, may shock the timidly conventional.”—­Sunday Times.

PUBLISHED BY
A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1

THE HERBERT BOOKS BY S. HERBERT, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.

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THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY

75 Diagrams and Illustrations.  Large Crown 8vo.  Cloth. 7s. 6d. net (by post, 2s. 3d.). Revised Edition.

“Dr. Herbert’s hook can be recommended as a trustworthy ‘first aid’ in the study of a difficult subject.  His style is lucid and concise, and he has provided a glossary which will be of service to many.”—­Athenaeum.

“We have only praise for the result.”—­Eugenics Review.

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