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Appeal to Reason

Defunct

The press of Appeal to Reason, the socialist weekly founded by Julius Wayland and published in Girard, Kansas, which at its height before the First World War reached three-quarters of a million readers. It published the Appeal's pocket library of socialist pamphlets and the first edition of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle as a serial, and its plant later printed Haldeman-Julius's Little Blue Books.

Years
1895–1922
Location
Girard, Kansas, United States
Also known as
The Appeal to Reason · Press of the Appeal to Reason
Affiliation
Publisher of the socialist weekly Appeal to Reason
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata
Sources
Wikipedia — Appeal to Reason; Marxists Internet Archive — Appeal to Reason

Backlist

1501890190019101920Founded 1895Closed 19221897: 5 titles1899: 1 title1900: 6 titles1902: 3 titles1906: 2 titles1907: 4 titles1908: 3 titles1909: 1 title1910: 1 title1912: 4 titles1913: 2 titles1914: 3 titles1915: 3 titles1916: 14 titles1917: 2 titles1918: 2 titles1919: 4 titles1920: 15 titles1921: 5 titles1922: 1 title
Titles of Appeal to Reason by year: 81 dated titles, 1897–1922, most in 1920 (15); 2 undated. Lines mark founded 1895 and closed 1922.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1890s6
1900s19
1910s35
1920s21
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1897Human Nature and Socialism✓
Studies in Socialism
George PyburnEnglish
1897Labor the Creator of Capitol✓
Studies in Socialism
George PyburnEnglish
1897Property✓
Studies in Socialism
George PyburnEnglish
1897Studies in Socialism✓George PyburnEnglish
1897The Land Machinery Inheritance✓
Studies in Socialism
George PyburnEnglish
1899The Science of Magnetic Healing, Embracing Hypnotism, Vital Magnetism, and Mental Science✓FreeLeonard E. StanhopeEnglish
1900Debate on Religion Between John Haynes Holmes and Orland O. Norris✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 11
John Haynes HolmesEnglish
1900Four Essays✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 176
Havelock Ellis & American Popular Literature CollectionEnglish
1900Socialism vs. Anarchism✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 5
Daniel De LeonEnglish
1900The Municipality from Capitalism to Socialism✓Free
The Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914
Ernest UntermannEnglish
1900Walt Whitman's Poems✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 73
Walt WhitmanEnglish
1900Would the Practice of Christ's Teachings Make for Social Progress?✓
Appeal Pocket Series -- No. 141
Scott NearingEnglish
1902Proportional Representation✓FreeJohn R. CommonsEnglish
1902The Municipality from Capitalism to Socialism✓FreeErnest UntermannEnglish
1902The Truth About Socialism✓ — Or, the Socialization of Industry the Solution of the Social QuestionJohn CollinsEnglish
1906A Captain of Industry✓Free — Being the Story of a Civilized Man
American Fiction -- Reel 154, No. 1517
Upton SinclairEnglish
1906The Apostate, a Parable of Child Labor✓Jack LondonEnglish
1907Revolution✓Henry T. JonesEnglish
1907The American Esperanto Book✓Free — A Compendium of the International Language EsperantoArthur BakerEnglish
1907The Iron Heel✓FreeJack LondonEnglish
1907The Scarlet Shadow✓Free — A Story of the Great Colorado Conspiracy
American Fiction -- Reel 86, No. 808
Walter HurtEnglish
1908Debs; His Life, Writings and Speeches, with a Department of Appreciations✓Free
Library of American Civilization -- LAC 12955
Eugene Victor DebsEnglish
1908Eugene Debs✓ — His Life, Writings & SpeechesEugene Victor Debs & Stephen J. ReynoldsEnglish
1908The Socialist Primer✓ — A Book of First Lessons for the Little Ones in Words of One SyllableNicholas KleinEnglish
1909Monkeys and Monkeyettes✓ — A Reply to Ex-President RooseveltW. F. RiesEnglish
1910Marx vs. Tolstoi✓ — A Debate Between
People's Pocket Series -- No. 157
Clarence Darrow, Arthur M. Lewis & E. Haldeman-JuliusEnglish
1912$2,000 per Year and a Six Hour Day✓ — This Is What Socialism Offers You for Your Vote; an Argument Backed by FactsFred D. WarrenEnglish
1912How to Organize Co-operatives✓Free
People's Pocket Series -- No. 134
Joseph Clayton, E. Haldeman-Julius & Appeal to Reason (Organization)English
1912Leaves of Life✓Free — A Story of Twenty Years of Socialist Agitation
Library of American Civilization -- LAC 16838
J. A. WaylandEnglish
1912The Passing Show of Capitalism✓FreeCharles Edward RussellEnglish
1913Socialism and the Law✓Free — The Basis and Practice of Modern Legal Procedure and Its Relation to the Working ClassGeorge Allan EnglandEnglish
1913The Road to Socialism✓Free — What Has Been Gained and What Is yet to WinCharles Lincoln PhiferEnglish
1914The Catholic Church and Socialism✓ — A Fair Question and a Plain Answer: How to Meet the Attacks of Catholics Without Attacking the Religion of Catholics: What Happened When Socialists Fell into the TrapFred D. WarrenEnglish
1914The Story of the Appeal✓ — "Unbeaten and Unbeatable": Being the Epic of the Life and Work of the Greatest Political Newspaper in the WorldGeorge Allan England & Charles Lincoln PhiferEnglish
1914The Wonderful Appeal Army✓ — From the Story of the AppealGeorge Allan EnglandEnglish
1915A Good Soldier✓FreeJack LondonEnglish
1915A Way to Prevent War✓FreeAllan Louis BensonEnglish
1915The Indians' Last Fight, or, the Dull Knife Raid✓Free
Western Americana: Frontier History of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1550-1900 -- Reel 117, No. 1272
Dennis CollinsEnglish
1916Appeal Socialist Classics✓FreeWilliam James GhentEnglish
1916Debaters' Manual✓FreeJ. O. WeldayEnglish
1916Inviting War to America✓FreeRobert Hugh BensonEnglish
1916Inviting War to America, by Allan L. Benson✓FreeAlan Louis BensonEnglish
1916Questions and Answers
Appeal Socialist Classics
—English
1916Socialism — A Historical Sketch
Appeal Socialist Classics
—English
1916Socialism and Government✓Free — Working Programs and Records of Socialists in Office
Appeal Socialist Classics; 5
William J. GhentEnglish
1916Socialism and Organized Labor
Appeal Socialist Classics
—English
1916Socialism and Social Reform
Appeal Socialist Classics
—English
1916Socialist Documents✓Free—English
1916The Science of Socialism✓Free—English
1916The Socialist Appeal✓Free — Prose Passages Which Voice the Call for a New Social Order—English
1916The Tactics of Socialism
Appeal Socialist Classics
—English
1916Think, or Surrender✓FreeGeorge R. KirkpatrickEnglish
1917A Christian View of Socialism✓ — An AddressGeorge H. StrobellEnglish
1917The Story of the Appeal ... Being the Epic of the Life and Work of the Greatest Political Newspaper in the World, by George Allan England. With a Forward Look by Lincoln Phifer✓FreeGeorge Allan EnglandEnglish
1918Soviet Constitution✓ — Russia: A Challenge
People's Pocket Series; No. 4
Upton Sinclair & Jitzchok Aizik HurwitšEnglish
1918The Dictatorship of the Proletariat✓Free
People's Pocket Series; 97
Karl Kautsky & Henry James StenningNot recorded
1919A Debate on Vegetarianism✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 123
John Harvey Kellogg, Edwin Tenney Brewster, James C. Whitten & James C. Whitten Collection on the History of Vegetarianism (Schlesinger Library)English
1919A Trip to Plutopia✓Free
The Appeal's Pocket Series -- No. 8
Emmanuel Haldeman-JuliusEnglish
1919Kate O'Hare's Prison Letters✓Free
Modern Series -- No. 1
Kate Richards O'HareEnglish
1919The Soul of Man Under Socialism✓Free
Appeal's Pocket Series -- No. 36
Oscar Wilde, William B. Wisdom, Thomas Wolfe & William B. Wisdom Collection of Thomas WolfeEnglish
1920A Debate on Spiritualism✓Free—English
1920A Debate on Vegetarianism✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 123
John Harvey KelloggEnglish
1920Adult Education in Russia✓Free
People's Pocket Series -- No. 51
Nadezhda Konstantinovna KrupskaiāEnglish
1920Common Sense✓Free
People's Pocket Series -- No. 50
Thomas PaineEnglish
1920Country of the Blind✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 161
Herbert George WellsEnglish
1920Ibsen's Epigrams✓
People's Pocket Series; 154
Henrik IbsenEnglish
1920Pillars of Society✓Free — Ibsen's Plays
People's Pocket Series; 80
Henrik IbsenEnglish
1920Press-Titution✓ — Selections from "the Brass Check"
People's Pocket Series
Upton SinclairEnglish
1920Socialism and How It Is Coming✓FreeUpton SinclairEnglish
1920The Debs White Book✓ — Full Text of Important Documents in the Famous Debs Case: Dedicated to the Appeal ArmyEugene Victor DebsEnglish
1920The Humor of Whistler✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 187
E. Haldeman-JuliusEnglish
1920The Public Defender✓Free — A DebateMayer C. GoldmanEnglish
1920The Socialism of Jesus✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 77
Rufus W. WeeksEnglish
1920The Strength of the Strong✓FreeJack LondonEnglish
1920Tolstoi's Short Stories✓FreeTolstoy, Leo, grafEnglish
1921Epigrams of Bernard Shaw✓Free
People's Pocket Series -- No. 180
George Bernard ShawEnglish
1921Karl Marx and the Civil War✓Free
People's Pocket Series -- No. 162
Hermann SchlüterEnglish
1921Primitive Beliefs✓
People's Pocket Series
Henry M. TichenorEnglish
1921Psycho-Analysis✓Free — The Key to Human Behavior
People's Pocket Series -- No. 190
William John FieldingEnglish
1921Through Terror to Triumph✓ — Including the Code of Russian Labor Laws
People's Pocket Series; 67
David Lloyd George, Vladimir Ilʹič Lenin, Lincoln Eyre & Griffin BarryEnglish
1922The Socialism of Jesus✓
People's Pocket Series -- No. 77
Rufus W. WeeksEnglish
n.d.People's Pocket Series—English
n.d.Socialism vs. CatholicismDaniel De LeónEnglish