Dora Marsden Ephemera


1845-1945, Dora Marsden, Journals, The Egoist 1914

Two minor previously undocumented ephemeral mentions of Dora Marsden, editor of The Egoist. First, two lines from the book-length poem The Atheist by George Bedborough (London: Garden City Press, 1919)… “Dora Marsden writes well and so do her friends, / But The Egoist sometimes to crankiness tends.” Second, an advertisement for The Egoist which appeared […]

April 27, 2022

SA1185 | The Gospel of Power | Dora Marsden


1845-1945, 1946-Today, Bibliographic, Book, Dora Marsden, Events, News, The Egoist 1914, Trevor Blake

Author: Dora Marsden Introduction: Trevor Blake Publisher: Union of Egoists Pages: 390 Size: 6×9″ Release date: March, 2019 ISBN: 978-1944651206 Essays by Dora Marsden (1882 – 1960) from her journal The Egoist. Introduction, annotations, glossary and index by Trevor Blake, author of Dora Marsden Bibliography. Available from: Underworld Amusements | Amazon.com | Amazon.UK | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org What a blight it […]

March 4, 2021

SA1140 | THE ILLUSION OF ANARCHISM | DORA MARSDEN


1845-1945, Dora Marsden, Stand Alone, The Egoist 1914

45th issue of the egoist journal “Stand Alone”. 16 pages, 5.5″ x 8.5″, Saddle-stitched Limited to 66 copies. Available from: Underworld Amusements “Anarchists are an interesting body of people whom governments take too seriously and who, unfortunately, do not take themselves seriously enough.”  So begins Dora Marsden in this essay from The Egoist. The Illusion of Anarchism was […]

April 13, 2020

Dora Marsden, Hatless and Disheveled


1845-1945, Dora Marsden, Events, Freewoman, New Freewoman, The Egoist 1914, Trevor Blake

INCIDENTS OF THE RAID DISAPPOINTED SUFFRAGISTS ONLY ONE OF THEM ADMITTED TO THE HOUSE TWELVE ARRESTS In accordance with the statement contained in Miss Pankhurst’s letter to the Prime Minister on Monday, the members of the Women’s Social and Political Union assembled in large numbers at Caxton Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of appointing […]

March 13, 2019