Thinker's Library
Publisher: Watts & Co. (for the Rationalist Press Assocation).
Country: U.K. Date: 1929-51.
The Social Record of Christianity
by Joseph McCabe.
London, Watts & Co., 1935 (Thinker's Library, No. 51.).
Hardback with dust wrapper. xii, 144, [4] pp. Size: 12mo. This book is probably a reprint from late 1940s given the design of the dust wrapper.
THINKER'S LIBRARY - CHECKLIST
Series Note: This series of small pocket-sized hardback books, issued with dust wrappers, was a "selection of essays, literature and extracts from greater works by various classical and contemporary humanists and rationalists". (Source)
The series was targeted at a mass audience.
The Thinker's Series was published by Watts Co. on behalf the Rationalist Press Association and, according to Eastleach Books (Newbury, Berwick, U.K.), "was intended to further the Association's aims of publishing literature that was too anti-religious to be handled by mainstream publishers and booksellers".
(A) ARRANGED BY SERIAL NUMBER
Serial No./Title/Author
1. First and Last Things. H. G. Wells
2. Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical. Herbert Spencer
3. The Riddle of the Universe. Ernst Haeckel
4. Humanity’s Gain form Unbelief and other selections from the Works of Charles Bradlaugh
5. On Liberty. J. S. Mill
6. A Short History of the World (revised to 1944). H. G. Wells
7. Autobiography of Charles Darwin
8. The Origin of Species. Charles Darwin
9. Twelve Years in a Monastery. Joseph McCabe
10. History of Modern Philosophy. A. W. Benn
11. Gibbon on Christianity
12. The Descent of Man. Charles Darwin
13. History of Civilisation in England (Vol 1). H. T .Buckle
14. Anthropology (Vol 1). James Harvey Robinson
15. Anthropology (Vol 2). James Harvey Robinson
16. Iphigenia. Two Plays by Euripides
17. Lectures and Essays. T. H. Huxley
18. The Evolution of the Idea of God. Grant Allen
19. The Agnostic’s Apology. Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB
20. The Churches and Modern Thought. Vivian Phelips.
21. Penguin Island. Anatole France.
22. The Pathetic Fallacy. Llewelyn Powys.
23. Historical Trials (A Selection). Sir John Macdonell.
24. A Short History of Christianity. J. M. Robertson
25. The Martyrdom of Man. Winwood Reade
26. Head-hunters: Black, White and Brown. Dr A. C. Haddon
27. The Evidence for the Supernatural. Dr Ivor Ll. Tuckett
28. The City of Dreadful Night, and other Poems. James Thompson ("B.V.")
29. In the Beginning: The Origin of Civilisation. Prof Sir G .Elliot Smith
30. Adonis: A Study in the History of Oriental Religion. Sir J. G. Frazer
31. Our New Religion. H. A. L. Fisher.
32. On Compromise. John Viscount Morley, OM PC
33. A History of the Taxes on Knowledge. Collet Dobson Collet.
34. The Existence of God. Joseph McCabe
35. The Story of the Bible. Macleod Yearsley.
36. Savage Survivals. I Howard Moore
37. The Revolt of the Angels. Anatole France
38. The Outcast. Winwood Reade
39. Penalties Upon Opinion. H. Bradlaugh Bonner
40. Oath, Curse and Blessing. Ernest Crawley
41. Fireside Science. Sir E. Ray Lankester
42. History of Anthrpology. Alfred C. Haddon.
43. The World’s Earliest Laws. Chilperic Edwards
44. Fact and Faith. Prof J. B. S. Haldane
45. Men of the Dawn. Dorothy Davison
46. The Mind in the Making. James Harvey Robinson
47. The Expression the Emotions in Man and Animals. Charles Darwin
48. Psychology for Everyman (and Woman). A. E. Mander
49. The Religion of the Open Mind. A Gowans Whyte
50. Letters on Reasoning. J. M. Robertson
51. The Social Record of Christianity. Joseph McCabe
52. The Five Stages of Greek Religion. Prof Gilbert Murray
53. The Life of Jesus. Ernest Renan
54. Selected Works of Voltaire
55. What Are We To Do With Our Lives? H. G. Wells
56. Do What You Will. Aldous Huxley.
57. Clearer Thinking: Logic for Everyman. A. E. Mander
58. History of Ancient Philosophy. A. W. Benn
59. Your Body: How it is Built and How it Works. Dr D Stark Murray
60. What is Man? Mark Twain
61. Man and His Universe. John Langton-Davies
62. First Principles. Herbert Spencer
63. Rights of Man. Thomas Paine
64. This Human Nature. Charles Duff
65. Dictionary of Scientific Terms. C. M. Beadnell, CB, FZS
66. A Book of Good Faith. Selections from the Works of Montaigne, arranged, and with a Introduction by Gerald Bullett
67. The Universe of Science. Prof H Levy
68. Liberty Today. C. E. M. Joad
69. The Age of Reason. Thomas Paine
70. The Fair Haven. Samuel Butler
71. A Candidate for Truth. Passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson chosen and arranged by Gerald Bullett
72. A Short History of Women. John Langton Davies
73. Natural Causes and Supernatural Seemings. Henry Maudsley
74. Morals, Manners and Men. Havelock Ellis
75. Pages from a Lawyer’s Notebooks. E. S. P. Haynes
76.. An Architect of Nature. The Autobiography of Luther Burbank.
77. Act of God. P. Tennyson Jesse
78. The Man versus the State. Herbert Spencer
79. The World as I See It. Albert Einstein
80. Jocasta’s Crime. Lord Raglan
81. The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales. Richard Garnett
82. Kingship. A. M. Hocart
83. Religion Without Revelation. Julian S. Huxley
84. Let the People Think. Bertrand Russell
85. The Myth of the Mind. Frank Kenyon
86. The Liberty of Man, Other Essays. R. G. Ingersoll
87. Man Makes Himself. V. Gordon Childe
88. World Revolution and the Future of the West. Dr W. Friedmann
89. The Origin of the Kiss, and other Scientific Diversion. C. M. Beadnell, CB, FZS
90. The Bible and its Background (Vol 1). Archibald Robertson
91. The Bible and its Background (Vol 2). Archibald Robertson
92. The Conquest of Time. H. G. Wells
93. The Gospel of Rationalism. C. T. Gorham
94. Life’s Unfolding. Sir Charles Sherrington
95. An Easy Outline of Astronomy. M. Davidson
96. The God of the Bible. Evans Bell
97. Man Studies Life. G. N. Ridley
98. In Search of the Real Bible. A. D. Howell Smith
99. The Outlines of Mythology. Lewis Spence
100. Magic and Religion. Sir J. G. Frazer
101. The Flight from Conflict. Lawrence Collier
102. Progress and Archaelogy. V. Gordon Childe
103. The Chemistry of Life. J. S. D. Bacon, MA
104. Medicine and Mankind. Dr A. Sorsby
105. The Church and Social Progress. Marjorie Bowen
106. The Great Mystics. George Godwin
107. The Religion of Ancient Mexico. Lewis Spence
108. Geology and the Life of Man. Duncan Leitch
109. A Century for Freedom. Dr Kenneth Unwin
110. Jesus: Myth or History? Archibald Robertson
111. The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays. W. K. Clifford
112. Human Nature, War and Society. Dr John Cohen
113. The Rational Good. L. T. Hobhouse
114. Man: The Verdict of Science. G. N. Ridley
115. The Distressed Mind. J. A. C. Brown
116. The Illusion of National Character. Hamilton Fyfe
117. Population, Psychology, and Peace. J. C. Flugel
118. Friar's Lantern. G. G. Coulton
119. Ideals and Illusions. L. Susan Stebbing
120. An Outline of the Development of Science. M. Mansel Davies
121. Head and Hand in Ancient Greece: Four Studies in the Social Relations of Thought. Benjamin Farrington
122. The Evolution of Society. J. A. C. Brown
123. Background to Modern Thought. C. D. Hardie
124.The Holy Heretics: The Story of the Albigensian Crusade. Edmond Holmes
125. Man His Own Master. Archibald Robertson
126. Men Without Gods. Hector Hawton
127. The Earliest Englishman. Sir Arthur Smith-Woodward
128. Astronomy for Beginners. Martin Davidson
129. The Search for Health. D. Stark Murray
130. The Mystery of Anna Berger. George Godwin
131. Wrestling Jacob. Marjorie Bowen [pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Long]
132. The Origins of Religion. Lord Raglan
133. The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth, and Drama. Lord Raglan
134. The Life of John Knox. Marjorie Bowen [pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle
Long]
135. The French Revolution. Archibald Robertson
136. The Art of Thought. Graham Wallas
137. Literary Style and Music. Herbert Spencer
138. The Origin of Species. Charles Darwin (reprint of first edition)
139. The Science of Heredity. J. S. D. Bacon
140. The Great Revivalists. George Godwin
(B) ARRANGED BY SUBJECT
Serial No./Title/Author
General Philosophy
1 First and Last Things. HG Wells
3 The Riddle of the Universe. Ernst Haeckel
5 On Liberty. JS Mill
10 History of Modern Philosophy. AW Benn
27 The Evidence for the Supernatural. Dr Ivor Ll Tuckett
57 Clearer Thinking: Logic for Everyman. AE Mander
62 First Principles. Herbert Spencer
68 Liberty Today. CEM Joad
78 The Man versus the State. Herbert Spencer
84 Let the People Think. Bertrand Russell
88 World Revolution and the Future of the West. Dr W Friedmann
92 The Conquest of Time. HG Wells
101 The Flight from Conflict. Lawrence Collier
112 Human Nature, War and Society. Dr John Cohen
113 The Rational Good. LT Hobhouse
Psychology
46 The Mind in the Making. James Harvey Robinson
46 Psychology for Everyman (and Woman). AE Mander
85 The Myth of the Mind. Frank Kenyon
115 The Distressed Mind. JAC Brown
Anthropology
14 Anthropology (Vol 1). James Harvey Robinson
15 Anthropology (Vol 2). James Harvey Robinson
26 Head-hunters: Black, White and Brown. Dr AC Haddon
29 In the Beginning: The Origin of Civilisation. Prod Sir G Elliot Smith
40 Oath, Curse and Blessing. Ernest Crawley
45 Men of the Dawn. Dorothy Davison
80 Jocasta’s Crime. Lord Raglan
82 Kingship. AM Hocart
87 Man Makes Himself. V Gordon Childe
102 Progress and Archaelogy. V Gordon Childe
General Science
12 The Descent of Man. Charles Darwin
36 Savage Survivals. I Howard Moore
41 Fireside Science. Sir E Ray Lankester
47 The Expression the Emotions in Man and Animals. Charles Darwin
59 Your Body: How it is Built and How it Works. Dr D Stark Murray
61 Man and His Universe. John Langton-Davies
65 Dictionary of Scientific Terms. CM Beadnell, CB, FZS
67 The Universe of Science. Prof H Levy
89 The Origin of the Kiss, and other Scientific Diversion. CM Beadnell, CB, FZS
94 Life’s Unfolding. Sir Charles Sherrington
95 An Easy Outline of Astronomy. M Davidson
97 Man Studies Life. GN Ridley
103 The Chemistry of Life. JSD Bacon, MA
104 Medicine and Mankind. Dr A Sorsby
108 Geology and the Life of Man. Duncan Leitch
114 Man: The Verdict of Science. GN Ridley
Religion
4 Humanity’s Gain form Unbelief and other selections from the Works of Charles Bradlaugh
9 Twelve Years in a Monastery. Joseph McCabe
11 Gibbon on Christianity
17 Lectures and Essays. TH Huxley
18 The Evolution of the Idea of God. Grant Allen
19 The Agnostic’s Apology. Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB
24 A Short History of Christianity. JM Robertson
30 Adonis: A Study in the History of Oriental Religion. Sir JG Frazer
34 The Existence of God. Joseph McCabe
44 Fact and Faith. Prod JBS Haldane
49 The Religion of the Open Mind. A Gowans Whyte
51 The Social Record of Christianity. Joseph McCabe
52 The Five Stages of Greek Religion. Prof Gilbert Murray
53 The Life of Jesus. Ernest Renan
54 Selected Works of Voltaire
69 The Age of Reason. Thomas Paine
83 Religion Without Revelation. Julian S Huxley
90 The Bible and its Background (Vol 1). Archibald Robertson
91 The Bible and its Background (Vol 2). Archibald Robertson
93 The Gospel of Rationalism. CT Gorham
96 The God of the Bible. Evans Bell
98 In Search of the Real Bible. AD Howell Smith
99 The Outlines of Mythology. Lewis Spence
100 Magic and Religion. Sir JG Frazer
105 The Church and Social Progress. Marjorie Bowen
106 The Great Mystics. George Godwin
107 The Religion of Ancient Mexico. Lewis Spence
109 A Century for Freedom. Dr Kenneth Unwin
110 Jesus: Myth or History? Archibald Robertson
111 The Ethics of Belief and Other Essays. WK Clifford
History
6 A Short History of the World (revised to 1944). HG Wells
13 History of Civilisation in England (Vol 1). HT Buckle
25 The Martyrdom of Man. Winwood Reade
39 Penalties Upon Opinion. H Bradlaugh Bonner
72 A Short History of Women. John Langton Davies
Fiction
37 The Revolt of the Angels. Anatole France
38 The Outcast. Winwood Reade
70 The Fair Haven. Samuel Butler
77 Act of God. P Tennyson Jesse
Miscellaneous
2 Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical. Herbert Spencer
7 Autobiography of Charles Darwin
16 Iphigenia. Two Plays by Euripides
28 The City of Dreadful Night, and other Poems. James Thompson ("B.V.")
32 On Compromise. John Viscount Morley, OM PC
43 The World’s Earliest Laws. Chilperic Edwards
66 What is Man? Mark Twain
63 Rights of Man. Thomas Paine
64 This Human Nature. Charles Duff
66 A Book of Good Faith. Selections from the Works of Montaigne, arranged, and with a Introduction by Gerald Bullett
71 A Candidate for Truth. Passages from Ralph Waldo Emerson chosen and arranged by Gerald Bullett
74 Morals, Manners and Men. Havelock Ellis
75 Pages from a Lawyer’s Notebooks. ESP Haynes
79 The World as I See It. Albert Einstein
86 The Liberty of Man, Other Essays. RG Ingersoll
The list (A) Arranged by Serial Number (above) is a full list of all the 140 books that were published in the Thinker's Library series.
The list (B) Arranged by Subject (above) is a partial list of the books in this series as it appears on the back of one of the books in this series.
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