The Eagle and the Serpent (1898 – 1927) was edited by John Erwin McCall (John Basil Barnhill) and occasionally co-edited by Malfew Seklew. To get the most out of reading this journal, it is highly recommended you pick up a copy of Trevor Blake‘s The Eagle and the Serpent Index of Names, part of the Stand Alone (2016) journal, available exclusively from Underworld Amusements. He used a keycode of A-T in his index, to refer to each issue, instead of the Vol/No, and we’ve put the corresponding letters in parenthesis in the listing below for your ease of use.

Prospectus

OUR CREED AND AIM.

A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of freemen is necessarily a race of egoists. Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken.

To convert the exploiters to altruism is a fatuous programme–a maniac’s dream. The only remedy for social injustice is this: the exploited must save themselves by enlightened self-interest. The exploiters are certainly egoistic enough; the only hope for the exploited is for them to become equally so–yes, consistently, persistently egoistic. Egoism spells justice and freedom as surely as altruism spells charity and slavery. Three thousand years of sorrowful experience make the foregoing propositions too evident to us. The object of THE EAGLE AND THE SERPENT is to make them equally evident to all mankind. We stand for the art of life and the life of art–we stand for that freedom which is the life of art and can alone teach us the art of living. When we have converted a body of believers to these views, then our mission will have–begun. O EXPLOITED PEOPLES! EXCEPT YE ARE CONVERTED AND BECOME AS PROUD AS THE EAGLE AND AS WISE AS THE SERPENT, YE SHALL IN NO WISE ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF JUSTICE.

A Journal of Egoistic Philosophy and Sociology · 1898–1902

Publisher: Eagle and the Serpent Office
Editor(s): John Erwin McCall; Malfew Seklew
City: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Frequency: bimonthly initially; irregular thereafter
TitleID: EAGSERPX-1898

The prospectus argued that social injustice could not be overcome by persuading exploiters to become altruistic; the exploited instead had to save themselves through enlightened and persistent self-interest. The journal sought to make egoism synonymous with justice and freedom and declared its allegiance to the art of life, the life of art, and the freedom required for both.

A London egoist journal edited principally by John Erwin McCall, the name used by John Basil Barnhill, with Malfew Seklew serving as associate or co-editor on some later issues. Nineteen issues are documented from no. 1, February 15, 1898, through no. 19, dated approximately 1902. The first issues announced a bimonthly schedule, but publication became irregular. The subtitle changed from “A Journal of Egoistic Philosophy and Sociology” to “A Journal of Emersonian Philosophy and Sociology,” then briefly to “A Journal of Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness,” and finally to “A Journal of Free Spirits and for Spirits struggling to be Free.” A separately numbered revival appeared in Chicago in 1927.

Union of Egoists, “The Eagle and the Serpent (1898),” https://www.unionofegoists.com/journals/eagle-and-the-serpent-1898/; WorldCat, OCLC 56331981, “The eagle and the serpent: a journal of egoistic philosophy and sociology”; HathiTrust Digital Library, records 100075345 and 008886913; University of Pennsylvania, Online Books Page, “The Eagle and the Serpent (1898–1902).”

1898–1902

Eagle/Serpent No.1

No. 1 — February 15, 1898
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents; post free 3½d. or 10 cents; annual subscription 1s. 9d. or 60 cents · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

Examined from the user-supplied sixteen-page PDF. The unnumbered opening page is logically page 1, followed by printed pages 2–16. The issue is complete: page 16 ends with the New Temple Press imprint. The opening page identifies No. 1, dated February 15, 1898, priced at threepence, and subtitled “A Journal of Egoistic Philosophy and Sociology.” No individual editor is named. The issue describes publication every alternate month and elsewhere as bi-monthly. Eagle Publishing Company, 185 Fleet Street, London, E.C., is named on pages 8 and 13–15. The contents page incorrectly assigns page 9 to “Egoistic Transvaluations,” which actually begins on page 6.

Pg.	Item	Author
1	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
1	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto	Friedrich Nietzsche
1	Thus Spake — parallel quotation feature
1	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
1	A Race of Altruists Is Necessarily a Race of Slaves — motto
1	A Race of Freemen Is Necessarily a Race of Egoists — motto
1	The Great Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees. Let Us Rise! — motto
1	Contents — contents page
1	[Newsdealer and postal price statement] — price statement
1	[Annual subscription and bimonthly frequency statement] — subscription notice
1	[The Eagle and the Serpent Office address] — address listing
2	Thus Spake: Nietzsche and Emerson — parallel quotation feature
3	Our Creed and Aim — editorial statement
3–5	Altruism—That Is the Enemy — editorial essay series
5	Finding Myself Out — editorial announcement
6–7	Egoistic Transvaluations — editorial essay series
7	[The efficacy of prayer and ten thousand subscribers] — editorial notice
7	[Boycott and legal-action notice] — editorial notice
7	[Held-over articles notice] — publication notice
8	Walter Crane on Our Title — correspondence and editorial comment
8–9	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department
10	A Reformer’s Discouragements and Consolations — editorial essay
10–11	Reviews — review department
11–12	Distinctions and Definitions — comparative definitions and quotations
12	[A Shepherd and His Flock] — satirical dialogue
13	Thus Spake Zarathustra: Quotations from Nietzsche — quotation compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche
13	Special — promotional and contributions notice
13	Special Terms to Propagandists — publication and subscription notice
14	Egoism — periodical advertisement
14	The Survival of the Fittest; or, The Philosophy of Power — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard
14	The Reformer — periodical advertisement
14	The University Magazine and Free Review — periodical advertisement
15	The Martyrdom of Percy Whitcomb, Socialist and Agnostic — book advertisement	Percy Whitcomb
15	Books by William Platt — grouped book advertisement	William Platt
15	The Truthseeker Company — grouped advertisement	The Truthseeker Company
16	Testimony of the Apostles of Egoism — quotation compilation
16	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.2

No. 2 — April 15 1898
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents (post free 3½d. or 10 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

The downloaded PDF contains one modern archive notice followed by the complete 16-page issue. Original pagination runs from an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 17 through printed page 32. The opening page identifies the journal as No. 2, dated April 15, 1898, priced at threepence, issued bimonthly, and distributed from 185 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Notices within the issue also use the name Eagle Publishing Company.

Pg.	Item	Author
17	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
17	Thus Spake — quotation department
17	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
17	A Race of Altruists Is Necessarily a Race of Slaves; A Race of Freemen Is Necessarily a Race of Egoists — motto
17	The Great Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees. Let Us Rise! — motto
17	Contents — contents page
17	[Subscription and ordering information] — publication notice
18	Egoism as Taught by Thoreau — quotation compilation	Henry David Thoreau
18	[Notice concerning The Philosophy of Egoism and the journal Egoism] — editorial notice
19	Reconnoitering the Enemy — editorial miscellany
20–21	Salvation by Selfishness — editorial essay
21–22	Comments on The Eagle and the Serpent — correspondence department
22–23	An Egoist Circulating Library — editorial proposal
23	Apologetic — editorial statement
24–25	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department
25–28	Nietzsche as a Social Reformer, or, The Joys of Fleecing and Being Fleeced — discussion feature
28	Course of Study for Beginners in Egoism — reading list
28–29	Literary Acknowledgements — books received department
29	Special — call for contributions
29	Special Terms to Propagandists — subscription and distribution notice
29	Rochefoucauld’s Maxims — advertisement	Eagle Publishing Company
29	For the Egoist Position Read — grouped advertisement
29	The University Magazine and Free Review — advertisement	The University Press
30	The Reformer — advertisement	A. & H. Bonner
30	Egoism — periodical advertisement	Egoism
30	The Truthseeker Co. — grouped advertisement	The Truthseeker Co.
31	The Survival of the Fittest, or, The Philosophy of Power — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard
31	The Martyrdom of Percy Whitcomb, Socialist and Agnostic — book advertisement	Volcano, editor
31	The Adult: A Journal of Sex — periodical advertisement	George Bedborough, editor and publisher
31–32	Testimony of the Apostles of Egoism — quotation compilation	Solon; Bacon; Shakespeare; Ségur; Stirner; Voltaire; Franklin; Lamartine; Pascal; Chénier; Gavarni; Delavigne; Napoleon; Condorcet; Rochefoucauld; Boufflers; Saint-Réal; Cromwell; Alexandre Dumas fils; Lavater; Bougeart; Girardin; Montaigne; Rochepèdre; Vauvenargues; La Bruyère; Tilden; Mme. Necker; Donald; Mme. Louise Colet; Rousseau; American Maxim; Nietzsche; Tak Kak; Turgot
32	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.3

No. 3 — June 15 1898
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents (post free 3½d. or 10 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

Pg.	Item	Author
33	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
33	Thus Spake — quotation department
33	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
33	The Earth Is Mortgaged to Seven Speculative Scoundrels; The Rest of Mankind Are Necessarily the Slaves Thereof — motto
33	A Race of Altruists Is Necessarily a Race of Slaves — motto
33	A Race of Freemen Is Necessarily a Race of Egoists — motto
33	The Great Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees. Let Us Rise! — motto
33	Contents — contents page
33	[Subscription and ordering information] — publication notice
34	Flashes of Lightning from Nietzsche — quotation compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche
35–36	Reconnoitering the Enemy — editorial miscellany
36–38	Egoistic Revelations — editorial miscellany
38	Our New Dress — editorial note	Erwin McCall
38	Literary Acknowledgements — books and periodicals received department
38–39	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department
40–43	Darwinism in Sociology: A Reply to Nietzsche’s Critics — discussion feature
43	An Egoist University and Circulating Library — organizational proposal
43	Course of Study for Beginners in Egoism — reading list
44	Answers to Correspondents — correspondence department
44	Egoist’s Should Read — grouped advertisement
45	[Order notice for advertised publications] — publication notice	Eagle Publishing Company
45	Rochefoucauld’s Maxims — book advertisement	Eagle Publishing Company
45	The University Magazine and Free Review — periodical advertisement	The University Press
45	The Reformer — periodical advertisement	A. & H. Bonner
45	The Adult: A Monthly Journal of Sex — periodical advertisement	George Bedborough
45	Might Is Right, or The Survival of the Fittest — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard
45	The Labour Annual — book advertisement	Joseph Edwards
45	Fräulein Lepper: Adviser on Health and Sex-Matters — advertisement	Fräulein Lepper
45	The Labour Prophet — periodical advertisement	Clarion Company
45	Justice — periodical advertisement	Twentieth Century Press, Ltd.
45	Egoism — periodical advertisement	Egoism
45	The Truth Seeker — periodical advertisement	Truth Seeker Co.
45	The Altruist — periodical advertisement	The Altruist Community
45	The Martyrdom of Percy Whitcomb, Socialist and Agnostic — book advertisement	Volcano, editor
46	Special — call for contributions
46	Special Terms to Propagandists — subscription and distribution notice
46–48	Benedictions and Maledictions — correspondence department
48	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.4

No. 4 — September 1 1898
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents (post free 3½d. or 10 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete 16-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 49, followed by printed pages 50–64. The opening page identifies No. 4, dated September 1, 1898, priced at threepence, issued bimonthly, edited by Erwin McCall, and distributed from 185 Fleet Street, London, E.C. The title-page design is credited within the issue to William Keiller, with reduction and engraving by Charles E. Dawson. Notices also use the name Eagle Publishing Company. The final page identifies The New Temple Press at 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon.

Pg.	Item	Author
49	[Title-page design] — illustration	William Keiller; reduction and engraving by Charles E. Dawson
49	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
49	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
49	The Earth Is Mortgaged to Seven Speculative Scoundrels; The Rest of Mankind Are Necessarily the Slaves Thereof — motto
49	A Race of Altruists Is Necessarily a Race of Slaves — motto
49	A Race of Freemen Is Necessarily a Race of Egoists — motto
49	The Great Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees. Let Us Rise! — motto
49	Contents — contents page
49	[Subscription and ordering information] — publication notice
50	Thus Spake — quotation department
50	Our Creed and Aim — editorial statement
50–52	An Heroic View of War and Love — two-part feature
53	Literary Acknowledgements — books received department
53–55	Reconnoitering the Enemy — editorial miscellany
55–57	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department
57–59	Darwinism in Sociology: Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace Replies to Mr. Thomas Common — essay	Alfred Russel Wallace
59–60	The People’s University — organizational proposal
60	Course of Study for Beginners in Egoism — reading list
60	Our New Dress — editorial humor	Erwin McCall
61–62	Can the Poor Be Saved by the Pity of the Rich? — symposium
62–63	Benedictions and Maledictions — correspondence department
63	Special Terms to Propagandists — subscription and distribution notice
63	Rochefoucauld’s Maxims — book advertisement	Eagle Publishing Company
63	Egoists Should Read — grouped advertisement
63	Charles E. Dawson, Artist — advertisement	Charles E. Dawson
64	Might Is Right, or, The Survival of the Fittest — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard; Adolf Mueller
64	Adaptability to Environment — book advertisement	W. W. Gordak
64	Fräulein Lepper: Adviser on Health and Sex-Matters — advertisement	Fräulein Lepper
64	The Martyrdom of Percy Whitcomb, Socialist and Agnostic — book advertisement	Eagle Publishing Company
64	The Labour Annual — book advertisement	Joseph Edwards
64	The Literary Guide — periodical advertisement	Watts & Co.
64	Wind-Harp Songs — book advertisement	William Lloyd
64	Nietzsche’s Zarathustra — book advertisement	Thomas Common
64	Justice — periodical advertisement	Twentieth Century Press, Ltd.
64	The Truth Seeker — periodical advertisement	Truth Seeker Co.
64	The Reformer — periodical advertisement	A. & H. B. Bonner
64	Our Agents — distribution directory
64	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.5

No. 5 — November 1 1898 — A Nietzsche Number; Literary Extra
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents (post free 3½d. or 10 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete 16-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 65, followed by printed pages 66–80. The opening page identifies No. 5, dated November 1, 1898, priced at threepence, issued bimonthly, edited by Erwin McCall, and distributed from 185 Fleet Street, London, E.C. It is headed “A Nietzsche Number.” An editorial note on page 74 calls the issue a Literary Extra and states that the usual advertisements and other features would return in No. 6. Unlike nos. 2–4, this issue does not mention Eagle Publishing Company; the printed publisher designation The Eagle and the Serpent Office is therefore retained. The final page identifies The New Temple Press at 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon.

Pg.	Item	Author
65	[Title-page design] — illustration	William Keiller; reduction and engraving by Charles E. Dawson
65	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
65	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
65	A Nietzsche Number — special issue designation
65	The Prefatory Discourse of “Thus Spake Zarathustra” — special issue title page	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
65	[Subscription and ordering information] — publication notice
66	Preface — preface	Thomas Common
67–74	The Prefatory Discourse of “Thus Spake Zarathustra” — translated philosophical text	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
74	[Note to the readers of The Eagle and the Serpent] — editorial note	Erwin McCall
75–78	Leading Opinions Concerning Nietzsche — critical excerpts compilation
79–80	A Brief Nietzsche Bibliography — bibliography
80	[Publication and subscription information] — publication notice
80	Contents of Previous Numbers — retrospective contents
80	Our Agents — distribution directory
80	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.6

No. 6 — December 1 1898
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents (post free 3½d. or 10 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete 16-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 81, followed by printed pages 82–96. The opening page identifies No. 6, dated December 1, 1898, priced at threepence, issued bimonthly, edited by Erwin McCall, and distributed from 185 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Page 92 explicitly names Eagle Publishing Company; under the established cataloging rule, that name replaces The Eagle and the Serpent Office in the Publisher field for this issue. The issue launches a loan library and announces the next number for February 1, 1899. The final page identifies The New Temple Press at 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon.

Pg.	Item	Author
81	[Title-page design] — illustration	William Keiller; reduction and engraving by Charles E. Dawson
81	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
81	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
81	The Earth Is Mortgaged to Seven Speculative Scoundrels; The Rest of Mankind Are Necessarily the Slaves Thereof — motto
81	A Race of Altruists Is Necessarily a Race of Slaves — motto
81	A Race of Freemen Is Necessarily a Race of Egoists — motto
81	The Great Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees. Let Us Rise! — motto
81	Contents — contents page
81	[Subscription and ordering information] — publication notice
82	Our Creed and Aim — editorial statement	Erwin McCall
82–84	The Religion of Egoism — essay cycle	Erwin McCall
85–86	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department	Erwin McCall
86	Will It Pass? — editorial and verse feature	Erwin McCall
87–88	Saving the World: Hints to Young Reformers — correspondence department	Erwin McCall
88	Darwinism in Sociology: Mr. Thomas Common Replies to Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace — essay	Thomas Common
89	The People’s University — organizational proposal	Erwin McCall
89–90	Our Loan Library — library catalogue	Erwin McCall
90–91	A Brief Nietzsche Bibliography — bibliography
91	Special Terms to Propagandists — subscription and distribution notice	Erwin McCall
91	Contents of Numbers Issued — retrospective contents	Erwin McCall
91	Our Agents — distribution directory
92	Literary Acknowledgements — books and periodicals received department	Erwin McCall
92	Charles E. Dawson, Artist — advertisement	Charles E. Dawson
92	Rochefoucauld’s Maxims — book advertisement	Eagle Publishing Company
92	Egoists Should Read — grouped advertisement
92	Might Is Right, or The Survival of the Fittest — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard; Adolf Mueller
92	Adaptability to Environment — book advertisement	W. W. Gordak
92	The Adult — periodical advertisement	Henry Seymour, editor and publisher
92	Women and War — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard; Erwin McCall
92	Our Clubbing List — grouped advertisement
92	Liberty — periodical advertisement	Benjamin R. Tucker
93	Fräulein Sophie Lepper — advertisement	Sophie Lepper
93	The Martyrdom of Percy Whitcomb, Socialist and Agnostic — book advertisement	Volcano, editor; Eagle Publishing Company
93	The Labour Annual — book advertisement	Joseph Edwards
93	The Literary Guide — periodical advertisement	Watts & Co.
93	Wind-Harp Songs — book advertisement	J. William Lloyd
93	Nietzsche’s Zarathustra — book advertisement	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
93	Justice — periodical advertisement	Twentieth Century Press, Ltd.
93	The Truth Seeker — periodical advertisement	Truth Seeker Co.
93	The Reformer — periodical advertisement	A. & H. B. Bonner
93	I. — periodical advertisement	C. L. Swartz
93	Poetical Works of James Thomson (B.V.) — book advertisement	James Thomson
93	Biographical & Critical Studies — book advertisement	James Thomson
93	Gluck and the Opera — book advertisement	Ernest Newman
93	Voluntary Socialism — book advertisement	Francis Dashwood Tandy
93	The Coming Nation — periodical advertisement	Herbert N. Casson, editor
93	The Charity Disease — book advertisement	Bolton Hall
93	The Altruist — periodical advertisement	A. Longley
94–95	Flashes of Lightning from Nietzsche — quotation compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche; selections from Havelock Ellis’s Affirmations
95	Hard Sayings About the Soft Sex — quotation compilation	A. de Musset; Heinrich Heine; Poincelot; Michel de Montaigne; Charles Nodier; Honoré de Balzac; Menander; Chamfort; Epicurus
96	Egoism as Taught by Montaigne — quotation compilation	Michel de Montaigne; selected by Herbert A. Cox
96	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.7

No. 7 — February 12 1899
16 pp. · 3d.; 8 cents (post free 3½d. or 10 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete 16-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 97, followed by printed pages 98–112. The opening page identifies No. 7, dated February 12, 1899, priced at threepence, edited by Erwin McCall, and distributed from 185 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Business and editorial communications are directed to E. McCall, 23 Linden Mansions, Highgate Hill, London, N. The issue does not mention Eagle Publishing Company, so The Eagle and the Serpent Office is retained as publisher. A notice on page 101 postpones No. 8 until June 25, 1899, and proposes it as a Stirner number. The final page identifies The New Temple Press at 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon.

Pg.	Item	Author
97	[Title-page design] — illustration	William Keiller; reduction and engraving by Charles E. Dawson
97	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
97	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
97	A Race of Altruists Is Necessarily a Race of Slaves — motto
97	A Race of Freemen Is Necessarily a Race of Egoists — motto
97	The Great Are Great Only Because We Are on Our Knees. Let Us Rise! — motto
97	Contents — contents page
97	[Subscription and ordering information] — publication notice
98	Calendar of Our Saints and Their Sayings — quotation department
99–100	A War Against War Against War — editorial feature
100	Reconnoitring the Enemy — editorial miscellany
101	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department
101–102	Finding Ourselves Out — quotation and essay feature
103	The Egoistic Interpretation of History — essay	Erwin McCall
103	Saving the World—Hints to Young Reformers — satirical advice department
104	Thos. Common on “Might Is Right” — review excerpt	Thomas Common
104	Why Women Need Egoism — essay	Fräulein Sophie Lepper
105–106	Peter Gast on Ree and Nietzsche — translated critical essay	Peter Gast; translated by F. Eccles and Thomas Common
106–108	Benedictions and Maledictions — correspondence department
108	Literary Acknowledgements — periodicals received department
108	The Philosophy of Fear — editorial essay
109	Memorabilia — news and notices department
109	Bertram Dobell Publications — grouped advertisement	Bertram Dobell
109	The Adult — periodical advertisement	Henry Seymour, editor
109	Adaptability to Environment — book advertisement	W. W. Gordak
109	The Reformer — periodical advertisement	A. & H. B. Bonner
110	Our Clubbing List — grouped advertisement
110	Liberty — periodical advertisement	Benjamin R. Tucker
110	The Labour Annual — book advertisement	Joseph Edwards
110	The Literary Guide — periodical advertisement	Watts & Co.
110	Wind-Harp Songs — book advertisement	J. William Lloyd
110	Nietzsche’s Zarathustra — book advertisement	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
110	Justice — periodical advertisement	Twentieth Century Press, Ltd.
110	The Truth Seeker — periodical advertisement	Truth Seeker Co.
110	Voluntary Socialism — book advertisement	Francis Dashwood Tandy
110	Commonweal — periodical advertisement	C. P. Somerby
110	The Thirty-Six Trades of the State — book advertisement	Reeves
110	What Is Property? — book advertisement	Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
110	State Socialism and Anarchism — book advertisement	Benjamin R. Tucker
110	The Coming Nation — periodical advertisement	Herbert N. Casson, editor
110	The Charity Disease — book advertisement	Bolton Hall
110	The Altruist — periodical advertisement	A. Longley
110	Our Agents — distribution directory
110	Rochefoucauld’s Maxims — book advertisement	E. McCall
111	In England Now — book advertisement	Harry Lowerison
111	Contents of Numbers Issued — retrospective contents and advertisement
111	[Back-number ordering and subscription information] — publication notice
112	All the Ills That Flesh Is Heir To — testimonial advertisement	Fräulein Sophie Lepper
112	[Postal-order notice for publications from E. McCall] — publication notice
112	Women and War — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard
112	I. — periodical advertisement	C. L. Swartz
112	Might Is Right, or The Survival of the Fittest — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard; Adolf Mueller
112	The Martyrdom of Percy Whitcomb, Socialist and Agnostic — book advertisement	Eagle Publishing Company
112	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.8

No. 8 — June 1, 1899 — A Nietzsche Number
18 pp. · 3d.; 6 cents; six copies of one issue 1s. or 25 cents; post free per six issues 1s. 6d. or 40 cents

Examined from user-supplied photographs of the outer front and back covers and a sixteen-page interior PDF. The issue consists of two printed outer cover surfaces plus sixteen numbered interior pages, for eighteen printed pages examined. The interior is intentionally paginated 9–24 because it forms “Nietzsche’s Zarathustra 1. Sheet 2,” a separately paginated serial translation rather than a continuation of the journal’s ordinary pagination. The front cover identifies No. 8, June 1, 1899, Erwin McCall as editor, and the designation “A Nietzsche Number.” Thomas Common is credited as translator. William Reeves, 185 Fleet Street, appears in the interior publication imprint and receives trade orders; editorial correspondence and subscriptions are directed to E. McCall, 23 Linden Mansions, Highgate Hill, London, N. No printer is named.

Pg.	Item	Author
front cover	[Front-cover title design] — illustration
front cover	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
front cover	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto	Friedrich Nietzsche
front cover	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
front cover	A Nietzsche Number — special issue designation
front cover	Front-Cover Contents: Zarathustra’s Discourses — contents block
front cover	Translated by Thomas Common — translation credit	Thomas Common
front cover	[Notice of a further instalment of Zarathustra’s Discourses] — forthcoming instalment notice
front cover	[Price and multiple-copy terms] — price and subscription notice
front cover	[Editorial and subscription address] — address listing	Erwin McCall
front cover	Trade Orders to W. Reeves — trade-order notice	William Reeves
9–24	Zarathustra’s Discourses — translated philosophical text	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
back cover	To Book Lovers — bound-volume advertisement
back cover	The Eagle and the Serpent: Contents of Previous Numbers — retrospective contents
back cover	Back-Issue Availability and Subscription Terms — publication and subscription notice

Eagle/Serpent No.9

No. 9 — October 15 1899 — A Nietzsche Birthday Number
16 pp. · 3d.; 6 cents (six copies 1s. or 25 cents; six issues post free 1s. 6d. or 40 cents) · Printed by The New Temple Press, 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete 16-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 135, followed by printed pages 136–150. The opening page identifies No. 9, dated October 15, 1899, priced at threepence, edited by Erwin McCall, and designated “A Nietzsche Birthday Number.” It announces eight translated discourses from Thus Spake Zarathustra. Publisher and editorial correspondence are directed through W. Reeves, 185 Fleet Street, London. The footer on page 137 reads “Nietzsche’s Zarathustra 1. Sheet 3.” The final page identifies The New Temple Press at 17 Grant Road, Addiscombe, Croydon.

Pg.	Item	Author
135	[Title-page design] — illustration
135	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
135	[Dedication and statement of scope] — editorial statement
135	A Nietzsche Birthday Number — special issue designation
135	[Contents announcement for Zarathustra’s Discourses] — special issue contents statement	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
135	[Price, subscription, and correspondence information] — publication notice	W. Reeves
136	Notes and Announcements — news and notices department
136	Extracts from Our Correspondence — correspondence department
136	The Following Publications Must Be Ordered per Post of E. McCall — grouped advertisement	Erwin McCall
137–147	Zarathustra’s Discourses — translated philosophical text	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
147	Additional Nietzsche Bibliography — bibliography
148–149	To Revive the Ancient Glory — quotation compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche
150	Saving the World — correspondence and humor department	Erwin McCall
150	Plays Now Running at the London Theatres — theatre directory
150	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The New Temple Press

Eagle/Serpent No.10

No. 10 — June 1900 — New Series
8 pp. · 1d.; 2d. or 4 cents by post · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 4 Avondale Road, West Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete eight-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 151, followed by printed pages 152–158. The opening page identifies No. 10, dated June 1900, priced at one penny or twopence by post, and issued on the first day of each month. The subtitle changes to “A Journal of Emersonian Philosophy and Sociology.” Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C., is identified as publisher. The final page directs editorial correspondence and subscriptions to Eagle-Serpent, 4 Avondale Road, West Green, London, N., and identifies The Zarathustra Press at that address as printer. Although a stock advertisement on page 158 states that Nos. 1–10 contain sixteen pages, this issue itself ends with closing publication information and a printer’s imprint on page 158 and contains eight original pages.

Pg.	Item	Author
151	[Title-page design] — illustration
151	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
151	Principal Article — contents announcement
151–153	Should the Exploiting Jew Be Exterminated? — controversy feature
154–158	Nietzsche, Chamberlain and Rhodes — symposium feature
158	Personal Notice — editorial notice
158	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
158	Ordering Addresses — address directory
158	[Communications for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
158	[Price of the New Series] — price and subscription notice	Eagle-Serpent
158	Trade Orders to Watts & Co. — trade-order notice	Watts & Co.
158	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Eagle/Serpent No.11

No. 11 — July 1900
8 pp. · 1d.; 2d. by post · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 4 Avondale Road, West Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete eight-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 159, followed by printed pages 160–166. The opening page identifies No. 11, dated July 1900, priced at one penny or twopence by post, and issued on the first day of each month. The subtitle remains “A Journal of Emersonian Philosophy and Sociology.” Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C., is identified as publisher. The issue announces a sequence of memorial issues beginning in September. No individual editor is named. The final page identifies The Zarathustra Press, 4 Avondale Road, West Green, London, N., as printer.

Pg.	Item	Author
159	[Title-page design] — illustration
159	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
159	Temple of Wisdom, London — editorial slogan
159	In Reply to Many Critics; This Journal Is Edited To Please the Editor — motto
159	Our Memorial Issues — editorial announcement
159	Ignorance of Nietzsche the Cause of the War — editorial feature
159	[Publisher statement] — publication statement	Watts & Co.
159	[Monthly publication statement] — frequency statement
160–161	Nietzsche on Kant, Hegel, Strauss, Spencer, Mill, Bentham, Darwin, Huxley, Etc. — quotation compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche; compiled by Thomas Common
162	The Curse of Interest—The Religion of Repudiation — correspondence and editorial feature
162–163	Replies to Our Query: Can the Poor Be Saved by the Pity of the Rich? — symposium
163–164	Correspondence — correspondence department
164	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
164	Ordering Addresses — address directory
164	[Communications for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
164	[Price of the New Series] — price and subscription notice	Eagle-Serpent
164	Trade Orders to Watts & Co. — trade-order notice	Watts & Co.
165	Reconnoitring the Enemy — editorial miscellany
166	Saving the World — correspondence and humor department
166	Personal Notice — editorial notice
166	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Eagle/Serpent No.12

No. 12 — August 1900 — The Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness of Zarathustra
8 pp. · 1d.; 2d. by post · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 4 Avondale Road, West Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete eight-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 167, followed by printed pages 168–174. The opening page identifies No. 12, dated August 1900, priced at one penny or twopence by post, and issued on the first day of each month. The subtitle remains “A Journal of Emersonian Philosophy and Sociology.” The issue is devoted primarily to the feature “The Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness of Zarathustra” and acknowledges indebtedness to Thomas Common’s and Alexander Tille’s translations of Thus Spake Zarathustra. Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C., is identified as publisher. No individual editor is named. The final page identifies The Zarathustra Press, 4 Avondale Road, West Green, London, N., as printer.

Pg.	Item	Author
167	[Title-page design] — illustration
167	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
167–174	The Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness of Zarathustra — special issue feature	Friedrich Nietzsche; translations after Thomas Common and Alexander Tille
173	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
173	[Communications for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
173	[Price of the New Series] — price and subscription notice	Eagle-Serpent
173	Trade Orders to Watts & Co. — trade-order notice	Watts & Co.
174	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Eagle/Serpent No.18

No. 18 — [undated] — Why Do the Ungodly Prosper?
27 pp. · 3d.; 3½d. or 8 cents by post · Printed by The Zarathustra Press; unidentified printer, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N.; 6 Alexandra Road, Hornsey, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by twenty-one original pages. The issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 67, followed by printed pages 68–81, 84, 87–90, and 93. Original pages 82–83, 85–86, and 91–92 are absent from the linked scan. Continuous pagination from 67 through 93 supports an inferred original extent of 27 pages. The title page identifies No. 18 as a special issue on “Why Do the Ungodly Prosper?”, priced at threepence, edited by John Erwin McCall with Malfew Seklew as associate editor, and published to the trade by The Pioneer Press at 2 Newcastle Street, Farringdon Street, London, E.C. Page 81 carries a printing line at 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, and page 93 carries a second printing line at 6 Alexandra Road, Hornsey.

Pg.	Item	Author
67	Special Issue on Why Do the Ungodly Prosper? — special issue designation
67	[Title-page design] — illustration
67	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
67	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto
67	Editor: John Erwin McCall — editorial credit	John Erwin McCall
67	Associate Editor: Malfew Seklew — editorial credit	Malfew Seklew
67	[Price statement] — price statement
67	Principal Contents — contents statement
67	[Publisher statement] — publication statement	The Pioneer Press
68–73	Our Sphinx’s Fatal Question: Why Do the Ungodly Prosper? — symposium	John Erwin McCall, editor
73–75	Æschylus at Marathon — editorial essay	John Erwin McCall
75–76	Via Hellorosa — quotation compilation
77	How Nations Die of Indigestion — essay	One of the Brotherhood of Thieves
77–78	Literary Notices — books received and extracts
78	Excerpts from John Davidson’s Poems — poetry compilation	John Davidson
79	Egoism and Altruism — quotation compilation
79–80	Messianic Disillusionments — editorial essay	John Erwin McCall
80	Health without Drugs — health advertisement	Sophie Leppel
80	Books for Radicals Only — grouped advertisement
80	[American postal and stamp-exchange notice] — postal notice
81	Books by Bernard Shaw — grouped book advertisement	Bernard Shaw; Grant Richards
81	Articles in Our Previous Issues — retrospective contents
81	Publication and Book Advertisements — grouped advertisement
81	[Eagle-Serpent address] — address listing	Eagle-Serpent
81	[Printing line at 22a Sirdar Road] — printing statement	The Zarathustra Press
84	Announcement Extraordinary — editorial announcement	John Erwin McCall
84–86	Socialistic Stupidities — translated essay	Arsène Alexandre; translated by Benjamin R. Tucker
87–92	An Appreciation of The Law of Civilization and Decay — book review	Philip Henry Wicksteed
93	Books for Radicals Only — grouped advertisement
93	Rochefoucauld’s Maxims — book advertisement	La Rochefoucauld
93	Might Is Right, or The Survival of the Fittest — book advertisement	Ragnar Redbeard
93	The Eagle and the Serpent and Related Publications — grouped advertisement
93	[American postal and stamp-exchange notice] — postal notice
93	[Editorial and ordering address] — address listing	John Erwin McCall
93	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon

Eagle/Serpent No.19

No. 19 — [circa 1902]
12 pp.

Date approximate; printed as [circa 1902]. The legacy file places “6 Alexandra Road, Nornsey” in Printer Location without naming a printer; it is retained here only in this note pending examination of the issue.

Volume 2 (1900–1902)

Eagle/Serpent V2N1

Vol. 2, No. 1 — September, 1900 — In Memoriam: Rochefoucauld; Mérimée; Campanella; Condorcet
8 pp. · 1d.; 2d. by post · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete eight-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 1, followed by printed pages 2–8. The opening page identifies Vol. 2, No. 1, dated September 1900, priced at one penny or twopence by post, and issued on the first day of each month. The subtitle is “A Journal of Emersonian Philosophy and Sociology.” It carries an In Memoriam program for Rochefoucauld, Mérimée, Campanella, and Condorcet. Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C., is identified as publisher. No individual editor is named. The final page identifies The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N., as printer.

Pg.	Item	Author
1	In Memoriam — memorial designation
1	[Title-page design] — illustration
1	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
1	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto	Friedrich Nietzsche
1	Our Memorial Issues — editorial announcement
1–2	In the Paradise of the Cynics — editorial essay
1	Friedrich Nietzsche: Born October 25, 1844—Died August 25, 1900 — memorial notice	Friedrich Nietzsche
1	[Publisher statement] — publication statement	Watts & Co.
1	[Monthly publication statement] — frequency statement
2–4	Quotations from This Month’s Free Spirits — quotation and literary department
2–4	The Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness of La Rochefoucauld — maxim compilation	François de La Rochefoucauld
5	Landor’s Defense of Assassination — quotation and commentary feature	Walter Savage Landor
5	One Thousand Flashes of Saving Penetration — aphorism and quotation column
6–7	Nietzsche on Atheism, Pessimism, Schopenhauer, &c. — translated philosophical excerpts	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
7	“Behind the Scenes” and Other Articles Held Over — publication notice
7	Personal Notice — editorial notice
7	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
7	Theatre Directory — theatre directory
8	Saving the World — correspondence and humor department
8	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Eagle/Serpent V2N2

Vol. 2, No. 2 — October 1900 — In Memoriam: Nietzsche; Stirner; Cervantes; Diderot; Danton; Bizet
8 pp. · 1d.; 1½d. by post · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete eight-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 9, followed by printed pages 10–16. The opening page identifies Vol. 2, No. 2, dated October 1900, priced at one penny or one-and-a-half pence by post, and issued on the first day of each month. The subtitle changes to “A Journal of Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness.” The issue carries an “In Memoriam” program naming Nietzsche, Stirner, Cervantes, Diderot, Danton, and Bizet. Watts & Co., 17 Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C., is identified as publisher. No individual editor is named. The final page identifies The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N., as printer.

Pg.	Item	Author
9	[Title-page design] — illustration
9	In Memoriam — memorial program
9	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
9	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto
9	Our Memorial Issues — editorial announcement
9	Contents — contents page
9	[Publisher statement] — publication statement	Watts & Co.
9	[Monthly publication statement] — frequency statement
10–12	John Henry Mackay’s Appreciation of Stirner — translated essay	John Henry Mackay; translated by Thomas Common
12	Chamfort’s Inspiring Suicidal Declaration — biographical notice and quotation	Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort
12–13	One Thousand Flashes of Saving Penetration — aphorism compilation	Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort
14	Three Wicked Sayings of Cervantes — quotation compilation	Miguel de Cervantes
14	[Julius Caesar performance notice] — theatre notice	Her Majesty’s Theatre
14	[Press-list request] — publication notice	The Eagle and the Serpent
14	To Radical Journals! — exchange notice	The Eagle and the Serpent
14	Personal Notice — editorial notice
14	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
14	[Communications for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
14	[Price of the New Series] — price and subscription notice	Eagle-Serpent
14	Theatre Directory — theatre directory
15–16	Extracts from Nietzsche — philosophical excerpts department	Friedrich Nietzsche
16	Behind the Political Scenes — political satire and quotation department
16	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Eagle/Serpent V2N3

Vol. 2, No. 3 — Jan.—Feb.—March, 1901 — In Grateful Memory! Illustrious Emancipators of Humanity!
16 pp. · 3d. · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete sixteen-page original issue. The original issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 17, followed by printed pages 18–32. The opening page identifies Vol. 2, No. 3, dated Jan.—Feb.—March, 1901, priced at threepence, published quarterly by Watts & Co., and subtitled “A Journal for Free Spirits and for Spirits struggling to be Free.” It carries the memorial designation “In Grateful Memory! Illustrious Emancipators of Humanity!” and lists commemorative subjects for January, February, and March. The final page identifies The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N., as printer.

Pg.	Item	Author
17	[Title-page design] — illustration
17	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
17	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto
17	In Grateful Memory! Illustrious Emancipators of Humanity! — memorial program
17	[Quarterly publication statement] — frequency statement
17	[Publisher statement] — publication statement	Watts & Co.
17	[Next-issue notice] — publication notice
18	Extracts from Nietzsche’s Poems — poetry compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by John Gray
19–21	Rationalist Delusions and Disillusionments — editorial column
21–22	Democratic Delusions and Disillusionments — quotation and commentary column
22	Reconnoitring the Enemy — editorial miscellany
23	Kilkenny Column — controversy and correspondence column
23	For Future Reference — correspondence and quotation feature
24	What Does the Devil Mean? — correspondence feature
24	Emerson as an Esoteric Atheist — quoted letter	Ralph Waldo Emerson
24–25	Extracts from Nietzsche — prose and verse compilation	Friedrich Nietzsche; prose translation by Thomas Common
25	A Nietzsche Love Letter — letter	“Abelard”
26	Tragic Theses — essay series	“Melpomene”
27	One Thousand Flashes of Saving Penetration — aphorism and quotation column
27	[Twelfth Night performance notice] — theatre notice	Her Majesty’s Theatre; Mr. Tree
28	A Discussion on Dietetics — dialogue and fable
28	The Wit, Wisdom and Wickedness of La Rochefoucauld — maxim compilation	La Rochefoucauld
29	Nationality — periodical advertisement	Editor of Nationality
29	The National Literary Bureau — service advertisement	The National Literary Bureau
29	Human Nature — periodical advertisement	Allen Haddock
29	Freedom — periodical advertisement	Helen Wilmans; C. C. Post
29	Symphony Concerts — concert advertisement
29	[Offer of samples of twelve reform papers] — advertisement	Editor
29	[Press-list notice] — publication notice
30	The “Vitalism” Series of Publications — grouped publication advertisement	Sophie Leppel
30	Avaunt Obesity, Rheumatism, Influenza — health-service advertisement	Sophie Leppel
30	The Elixir of Life — health-course advertisement	Sophie Leppel
31	To Radical Journals! — exchange notice	The Eagle and the Serpent
31	Personal Notice — editorial notice
31	[Press-list notice] — publication notice
31	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
31	[Eagle-Serpent London address] — address listing	Eagle-Serpent
31	[Communications for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
31	[Price of the New Series] — price and subscription notice	Eagle-Serpent
31	Theatre Directory — theatre directory
32	Saving the World — correspondence and humor department
32	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Eagle/Serpent V2N4

Vol. 2, No. 4 — July, 1901 — Emerson Number
16 pp. · 3d.; 10 cents · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by fourteen original pages: an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 33, an unnumbered advertisement page logically treated as page 34, and printed pages 35–46. The issue identifies itself as Vol. 2, No. 4, dated July 1901, priced at threepence or ten cents, edited by John Erwin McCall, published to the trade by Watts & Co., and designated an “Emerson Number.” The final available page states that the journal will appear not oftener than thrice yearly. The legacy record reports a sixteen-page issue, and the succeeding issue is recorded as beginning after page 50; the linked scan therefore appears to omit original pages 47–48. The scan is cataloged as an examined but incomplete copy.

Pg.	Item	Author
33	Emerson Number — special issue designation
33	[Title-page design] — illustration
33	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
33	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto
33	The Spirit of the Uncommanded — parallel quotation feature
33	[Publisher statement] — publication statement	Watts & Co.
33	[Subscription and editorial address] — address notice	The Eagle and the Serpent
33	[Next-issue notice: a Thoreau Number] — publication notice
34	[Portrait of Madame Sophie Leppel] — portrait illustration	C.E.D.
34	Madame Sophie Leppel — biographical advertisement	Sophie Leppel
34	The Vitalism Series of Publications — grouped publication advertisement	Sophie Leppel
34	The Key to Longevity — forthcoming book advertisement	Sophie Leppel
35	The Way, the Truth, the Life Free-Spiritual: Parallelisms — parallel quotation feature
36–37	Is There a God? Might versus Right — editorial essay	John Erwin McCall
37–38	The Appeal to the God of Battles — editorial essay	John Erwin McCall
38	Editorial Notices — notice group
39–40	Kilkenny Column — controversy and correspondence column
40	Rationalist Delusions and Disillusionments — quotation and commentary column
41	Democratic Delusions and Disillusionments — quotation and commentary column
41	Sexuality and Vitality; or, A Long Life through Will Power — publication notice	Sophie Leppel
42	Extracts from Nietzsche — philosophical excerpts department	Friedrich Nietzsche; translated by Thomas Common
42	Astrological and Asslunary Readings — satirical correspondence department
43–44	Tragic Theses — essay series	“Melpomene”
44	One Thousand Flashes of Saving Penetration — aphorism and quotation column
44	Musical Calendar — concert directory
45	A Life and Beauty Secret — health and food advertisement
45	We Forward Orders for the Papers Advertised Below — grouped periodical advertisement
45	To Editors! — exchange notice	The Eagle and the Serpent
45	Personal Notice — editorial notice
45	[Press-list notice] — publication notice
45	[Offer of samples of a dozen newspapers] — sample-paper advertisement	Editor
46	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
46	[Eagle-Serpent London address] — address listing	Eagle-Serpent
46	[Communications for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
46	[Future frequency and subscription notice] — frequency and subscription notice	Eagle-Serpent
46	Mr. Robert Newman’s Promenade Concerts — concert advertisement	Robert Newman
46	Theatre Directory — theatre directory

Eagle/Serpent V2N5

Vol. 2, No. 5 — September, 1902
16 pp. · 1s.; 25 cents · Printed by The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N.

The downloaded PDF contains one modern Union of Egoists archive notice followed by the complete sixteen-page original issue. The issue begins with an unnumbered opening page logically treated as page 51, followed by printed pages 52–66. No pages 49–50 occur between Vol. 2, No. 4 and Vol. 2, No. 5. The opening page identifies Vol. 2, No. 5, dated September 1902, priced at one shilling or twenty-five cents, edited by John Erwin McCall with Malfew Seklew as associate editor, and published to the trade by Watts & Co. The subscription and editorial address is 26 Clovelly Mansions, Gray’s Inn Road, London, W.C. The next issue is announced as a Thoreau Number ready January 1. The final page identifies The Zarathustra Press, 22a Sirdar Road, Wood Green, London, N., as printer.

Pg.	Item	Author
51	[Title-page design] — illustration
51	[Masthead and publication information] — masthead
51	The Proudest Animal under the Sun and the Wisest Animal under the Sun Have Set Out to Reconnoitre — motto
51	Editor: John Erwin McCall — editorial credit	John Erwin McCall
51	Associate Editor: Malfew Seklew — editorial credit	Malfew Seklew
51	Principal Contents — contents statement
51	[Trade publisher statement] — publication statement	Watts & Co.
51	[Subscription and editorial address] — address listing	The Eagle and the Serpent
51	[Next issue: a Thoreau Number] — publication notice
52	Articles in Our Previous Issues — retrospective contents and sales notice
52	One Thousand Flashes of Saving Penetration — aphorism and quotation column
53	The Divinity of Hate — essay	John Erwin McCall
54	The Brotherhood of Divine Shirkers — essay	John Erwin McCall
55	Extracts from Our Correspondence — correspondence department
56–60	Egoism: Conscious and Unconscious — essay	Morse Monroe
61	[Associate editor’s note on the Clarion’s refusal to publish the essay] — editorial note	Malfew Seklew; Editor
61–62	The Idea of God — essay extract	Morse Monroe
62–63	That Blessed Word Altruism — essay	John Erwin McCall
63	The Right of Private Hypocrisy — correspondence and publication offer
63	A University of Love, Music and Will-Power — instructional service advertisement	John Erwin McCall
63	Our Next Issue: A Special Thoreau Number — forthcoming issue advertisement
63	Special Stirner and Machiavelli Issues in Preparation — forthcoming special-issue notice
63	Riverside Edition of Emerson’s Complete Works — classified book advertisement	Ralph Waldo Emerson
64	Now Ready — grouped advertisement
64	[Eagle-Serpent ordering address] — address listing	Eagle-Serpent
64	[Letters for the editor and subscriptions] — publication notice	Eagle-Serpent
64	The Nationalist — periodical advertisement
64	[Press-list notice] — publication notice
64	[Sample offer of twelve reform papers] — sample-paper advertisement	Editor
64	Typewriting — service advertisement	Editor
64	[American letters must be fully prepaid] — postal notice
64	[Sale or exchange of United States stamps] — stamp-exchange notice	Eagle-Serpent
65	The Vitalism Series of Publications — grouped publication advertisement	Sophie Leppel
65	The Key to Longevity — forthcoming book advertisement	Sophie Leppel
65	Diet versus Drugs — periodical advertisement	Sophie Leppel
66	Saving the World — correspondence and humor department
66	[Printer’s imprint] — colophon	The Zarathustra Press

Union Of Egoists

History, Biography and Bibliography of Egoism + Der Geist Journal

The Eagle and The Serpent (1898)