Editorial Introduction
Editorial Introduction
Authors: Seth T. Reno and Allison Hamilton
“Old King Coal” and the Fog Demon, in Punch (13 November 1880). The Victorian Web.
The Doom of the Great City
William Delisle Hay's The Doom of the Great City (1880) is relatively unknown today, even among scholars who specialize in Victorian literature. There is little scholarship on the novella, and it’s not commonly taught in high school or college classrooms. Our hope is that this critical edition will change that. Doom's engagement with nineteenth-century science, environmental concerns, and the post-apocalyptic genre lend it much relevancy in the twenty-first century.
Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors: William Morris
Little Journeys
to the Homes of
English Authors
BY
ELBERT HUBBARD
WILLIAM MORRIS
Done into print by the Roy-
crofters at the Roycroft
Shop, which is in
East Aurora,
New York,
U.S.A.
Of this edition there were printed and illumined by
hand but nine hundred and twenty-five copies. This
book is Number 923
Elbert Hubbard
A Friend's Last Words
A Friend's Last Words
George Weslow
An Old Soldier's Story
An Old Soldier's Story
George Weslow
As my mind probes deep
into the depths of Hell,
I remember an old soldier
with a story to tell.
He said "Son", I've fought in wars
since before you were born,
I've seen its victims
their bodies all twisted and torn.
God, Protect the Grunts
God Protect the Grunts
George Weslow
I know there's a God in Heaven above
Guarding me with his undying love
But God, let me ask a favor if I may
Please protect the grunts from day to day.