[Gutenberg 30202] • Flowers of Freethought (First Series)

The Works of George W. Foote 5 books collection with active table of contents.

Works Include:

1\. Arrows Of Freethought

2\. Bible Romances

3\. Flowers Of Freethought (First Series)

4\. Flowers Of Freethought (Second Series)

5\. Prisoner For Blasphemy

6\. Reminiscences Of Charles Bradlaugh

About Author:

George William Foote (11 January 1850 – 17 October 1915) was a British secularist and journal editor.

He was born in Plymouth, England and brought up in the Anglican tradition. He moved to London in 1868, where he became involved with the secularism, freethought and republicanism, joining the Young Men's Secular Association, the National Secular Society, and contributing to Charles Bradlaugh's National Reformer.

In 1877 Foote joined the anti-Bradlaughites in the breakaway British Secular Union. The split was caused by several factors: Bradlaugh's alleged autocratic style; Bradlaugh's association with Annie Besant; and Bradlaugh and Besant's involvement in promoting birth control and Neo-Malthusianism. The BSU was relatively short-lived, and Foote himself was reconciled to Bradlaugh within a few years, becoming an NSS vice-president from 1882.