A Journal of the Gods · 1913
Publisher: Arthur Desmond (as Richard Thurland)
Editor(s): Richard Thurland [Arthur Desmond]
City: Chicago, United States
Language: English
TitleID: LIONPAWX-XXXX
The subtitle describes the paper as “A Journal of the Gods.” Its contents combine anti-religious and anti-authoritarian polemic, social-Darwinist and individualist themes, verse attributed to Redbeard’s Review, quotations, illustrations, and advertising for books distributed through the House of Gowrie.
The publication history is unresolved. One surviving issue examined here is dated March 1913 and numbered No. 3, while the volume position is printed literally as a question mark. The total extent may be very small or substantially larger; the issue number is not treated as proof that Nos. 1–2 were actually issued. A commonly repeated 1902–1913 range remains unverified for this catalog.
Primary source: The Lion’s Paw, “Vol. ?, No. 3,” March 1913, supplied scan Lions_Paw_1018_001.pdf. The issue prints Richard Thurland as editor and repeatedly advertises the House of Gowrie, 364 Wendell Street, Chicago. The attribution of Richard Thurland to Arthur Desmond is treated as reported authority information, not as a statement printed in the issue.
The Lion’s Paw Vol. ?, No. 3 (March 1913)
Vol. ?, No. 3 — March 1913.
8 pp. · 10 cents
The scan contains eight unnumbered printed pages and appears complete and correctly ordered. Small pencil numerals and other manuscript marks are later annotations, not printed pagination. The masthead reads “Vol. ? No. 3 March 1913.”; the question mark is clearly printed in the volume position and is preserved exactly rather than interpreted as an illegible numeral. The masthead also gives “10c a copy,” “25c year,” and “Address Chicago.” Richard Thurland is printed as editor. The attribution of Thurland to Arthur Desmond is authority information supplied outside the issue and is therefore marked speculative at the publisher level. The issue repeatedly advertises the House of Gowrie at 364 Wendell Street, Chicago, describing it as importers, publishers, printers, and booksellers, but it does not explicitly state that the House of Gowrie printed this issue. The paper has chipped corners and minor edge loss, but the principal content remains legible.
| Pg. | Item | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Masthead] — masthead | |
| 1 | [Trust not empire, nor republic] — poem | |
| 1 | The Higher Law. — poem | Redbeards Review |
| 1 | [No laws are binding on the human subject which assault the body or violate the conscience] — quotation | Blackstone |
| 1–2 | “Asia in Their Blood.” — article | |
| 2 | “Holy Moses” — illustration | |
| 2 | [The males fight each other for the possession of the females] — quotation | Charles Darwin |
| 2 | [Of searching eyes, the souls of men have need] — quotation | Lay of Sigrdrifu |
| 2 | [The legends tell of a woman fiend] — quotation | Von Kotze |
| 2 | [How beautiful and how noble it is to have leisure and be free] — aphorism | |
| 2 | [I’ve books of flame and faith] — promotional poem | Gowrie |
| 3 | Napoleon’s Prayer — poem | Redbeard’s Review |
| 3 | Determination. — poem | |
| 3 | The Book of Black Magic (and of Pacts), Including the Rites and Mysteries of Goetic Theurgy, Sorcery and Infernal Necromancy — book advertisement | Arthur Edward Waite |
| 4 | The Iron Evangel of Fate and Gold. — essay | Ragnar Redbeard |
| 4 | Trust in Yourself! Believe You’re Right! — poem | Redbeards Review |
| 4 | The Conquerors. — poem | Redbeards Review |
| 5 | The Race Is to the Swift — illustrated poem | |
| 5 | Woe to the Vanquished! — poem | Redbeards Review |
| 5 | The Sum of Things. — poem | Redbeards Review |
| 5 | The History of Human Marriage — book advertisement | Dr. E. Westermarck |
| 5 | Vindication of the Rights of Women — book advertisement | Mary Woolstoncraft |
| 5 | Father Tom and the Pope — book advertisement | Sir Samuel Ferguson, Keeper of the Irish Records |
| 6 | A Romance of Rebellion. The Tragedy of Wat Tyler. — book advertisement | Robert Southey, Poet Laureate, 1817 |
| 7 | God Is Born a Jew. (A Christmas Carol.) — poem | Redbeards Review |
| 7 | Important Notice — distribution notice | The Editor |
| 7 | The Philosopher with the Hammer. Sayings of Nietzsche. — quotation collection | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 7 | Frederick Nietzsche’s Works in English — book advertisement | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 7 | What Is Art? — book advertisement | Count Leo Tolstoi |
| 8 | Christ! The True Prince of Evil. — illustrated poem | |
| 8 | The Slavery of Our Times — illustrated aphorism | |
| 8 | In This Sign You Are Conquered — illustration |
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