Dixon and His Copyists. A Criticism of the Accounts of the Oneida Community in "New America," "Spiritual Wives," and Kindred Publications

[ONEIDA COMMUNITY] NOYES, John Humphrey

Published by Oneida Community, [Oneida, NY], 1874

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Octavo (22cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet in light brown paper wraps; 39, [1]pp; list of Oneida publications on rear cover. Wrappers heavily toned at margins, one or two tiny chips to wraps at edges, else Very Good. William Hepworth Dixon had visited the Oneida Community in 1866 and published descriptions of it in 1867 and 1868. Noyes complained that Dixon's "picture of the Community is as 'strange and ludicrous to the Community as it is to the general reader '" (Wells p.12). WELLS (The Oneida Community Collection in the Syracuse University Library) p.11-12. For the 1871 first edition, see DARE (American Communes to 1860) 1480. Full disclosure: Lorne Bair Rare Books is in possession of a substantial remainder of this title.

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Title
Dixon and His Copyists. A Criticism of the Accounts of the Oneida Community in "New America," "Spiritual Wives," and Kindred Publications
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[ONEIDA COMMUNITY] NOYES, John Humphrey
Publisher
Oneida Community, [Oneida, NY]
Publication year
1874
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Second Edition.
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