"City of Tagaste"

Title"City of Tagaste"
Year for Search1900
Authors[Hubbard], [Elbert](1856-1915)
Secondary AuthorsRobarge, Harriet
Tertiary AuthorsElbertus, Fra [pseud.]
Secondary TitleSo Here Then Are the Preachments Entitled the City of Tagaste, and A Dream and A Prophecy
Volume / Edition940 copy ed.
Pagination3-9
Date Published1900
PublisherThe Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop
Place PublishedEast Aurora, NY
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Dystopian satire on contemporary America. Tagaste is city that abandons crafts for mass production and loses its soul, while polluting nature and destroying its workers. See also his 1900 "A Dream and a Prophecy," which suggests the eutopia that can be created.

Additional Publishers

A 50 copy ed. on Imperial Japan Vellum was illus. Etla Hubbs (East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop, 1900), 3-9. Rpt. (East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1909), 3-9.

Illustration

Illus. Harriet Robarge. A 50 copy ed. on Imperial Japan Vellum was illus. Etla Hubbs.

Pseudonym

Fra Elbertus [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

HRC, MoU-St

Author Note

(1856-1915)

Full Text

1900 [Hubbard, Elbert] (1856-1915). “City of Tagaste.” So Here Then Are the Preachments Entitled the City of Tagaste, and A Dream and A Prophecy. By Fra Elbertus [pseud.]. 940 copy ed. illus. Harriet Robarge (East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop, 1900), 3-9. A 50-copy ed. on Imperial Japan Vellum was illus. Etla Hubbs (East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters at the Roycroft Shop, 1900), 3-9. Rpt. (East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1909), 3-9. HRC, MoU-St

Dystopian satire on contemporary America. Tagaste is city that abandons crafts for mass production and loses its soul, while polluting nature and destroying its workers. See also his 1900 “A Dream and a Prophecy,” which suggests the eutopia that can be created.