REMINISCENCES & REFLEXIONS OF A MID AND LATE VICTORIAN

by Bax, Ernest Belfort

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NY:: Thomas Selzer,, 1920. Hardcover; Hamilton College bookplate; no card pocket or spine marks/label; cover tips lightly bumped; otherwise good.. + index. With frontispiece portrait. Bax (1854-1926), English Socialist / barrister / economist / philosopher; helped William Morris found Socialist League, co-edited its organ `Commonweal'; joined Social Democratic Federation after League became anarchist, edited paper `Justice.' ||| He reflects on Morris, Kropotkin, Engels, G.B. Shaw, Hyndman, Joynes, Champion, et al. ||| Laissez-faire--the `Right' to do business as one saw fit--assumed employer fairness, historically belied by abuses & greed. The moral reaction, Socialism--often confused with Communism--wanted government laws regulating safety, wages, hours, & child labor--for worker happiness. ||| Both theories were far too optimistic about human nature.