New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1885. 95th thousand. Hardcover. 229p. plus ads.
A green hardcover book in very good
condition. Corners lightly worn and bumped; text clean and binding
tight. Item #204496
The author is a
Social Gospel leader who believed that Anglo-Saxon Christians should
exert a civilizing influence on the "lesser races." There is a chapter
on "Western Supremacy," chapters detailing the perceived threats of
Catholicism and Mormonism, and a chapter on temperance. The introduction
is by a Congregationalist minister.