The Standard (Vol. XIV No. 2 - October 1927): Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living (Magazine)

The American Ethical Union - C. Delisle Burns; Alfred W. Martin; Percy A. Houseman; Horace J. Bridges; George E. O'Dell; David Saville Muzzey (Contributors)

Published by The American Ethical Union, New York, NY, 1927

About this Item

Offered is the October 1927 issue (Vol. XIV No. 2) of "The Standard: Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living" edited by Felix Adler and published by The American Ethical Union out of New York City. A stapled magazine measuring 6-3/4" by 10" and containing 36 pages including front and rear covers. Small, round, faint clear-embossed stamp of the Colorado College Library to front cover; previously, but lightly, folded; short narrow brown waterstain to right page edges (to blank margins only). Containing articles and Ethical Movement news, the articles are: Religion and the Modern Mind by C. Delisle Burns; An International Ethical Code by Alfred W. Martin; As a Matter of Fact by Percy A. Houseman; Some Thoughts on Behaviorism by Horace J. Bridges; Blessed Be Uniformities! by George E. O'Dell; History for The People by David Saville Muzzey ("A Review of Charles and Mary Beard's 'Rise of American Civilization'"). C. (Cecil) Delisle Burns (1879-1942) was a leading English atheist, secularist writer and lecturer; David Saville Muzzey (1870-1965) was an American historian whose history textbooks were widely used; accused of being a "bolshevik" by the Better America Federation, he served as senior leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Standard (Vol. XIV No. 2 - October 1927): Published to Promote Ethical Thinking & to Encourage Better Ways of Living (Magazine)
• Publisher: The American Ethical Union, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1927
• Binding: Magazine
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine