The Lost Island
Title | The Lost Island |
Year for Search | 1892 |
Authors | Austen, Edward J., and Sheldon, Louise V[escelius] |
Date Published | 1892 |
Publisher | Fels Fund of America |
Place Published | Cincinnati, OH |
Keywords | Female author, Male author |
Annotation | Satire in which a ship is wrecked on an unknown island that turns out to be owned by one of the sailors. He imposes a capitalist system until the others build a raft and leave him behind. On the single tax, see Henry George, Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and Of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco, CA: W.M. Hinton, 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Ed. New York: The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. illus. in The Cosmopolitan 14.3 (January 1893): 365-84. Rpt. without the author’s names as The Lost Island with a Conclusion by William Lloyd Garrison as The Sterling Weekly 2.3 (February 13, 1897): entire issue with “Concluding Chapter” (31-35). |
Info Notes | A note says that “The motive of The Lost Island was suggested by Mr. Thomas H. Potter. |
Illustration | Illus. Edward J. Austen |
Holding Institutions | MH |
Author Note | Female co-author |
Full Text | 1892 Austen, Edward J. and Louise Vescelius Sheldon. The Lost Island. Illus. Edward J. Austen. Cincinnati, OH: Fels Fund of America with “Concluding Chapter” by William Lloyd Garrison (1805-79) (40-45), “The Single Tax, what It Is and Why We Urge It” by Henry George (1839-97) (47-52), and “Single Tax Literature (53-55). 55 pp. Rpt. illus. in The Cosmopolitan 14.3 (January 1893): 365-84. Rpt. without the author’s names as The Lost Island with a Conclusion by William Lloyd Garrison as The Sterling Weekly 2.3 (February 13, 1897): entire issue with “Concluding Chapter” (31-35). A note says that “The motive of The Lost Island was suggested by Mr. Thomas H. Potter. MH Satire in which a ship is wrecked on an unknown island that turns out to be owned by one of the sailors. He imposes a capitalist system until the others build a raft and leave him behind. On the single tax, see Henry George, Progress and Poverty. An Inquiry Into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and Of Increase of Want With Increase of Wealth. The Remedy. San Francisco, CA: W.M. Hinton, 1879. Fiftieth Anniversary Ed. New York: The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, 1929. Female co-author. |