Henry George: The Author.

The article discusses the role played by Henry George in offering to the public the appeal for social reform set out in ''Progress and Poverty." After the momentous task of writing the book had been finished, the discouraging one remained of finding some house to publish it. George submitted the manuscript to D. Appleton & Co., which had brought out the works of Herbert Spencer. With "Progress and Poverty" off his desk, George found time hanging heavily. The one circumstance added to the other induced him to start a four page "weekly journal of politics and opinion" called The State. Occasional contributions were made by some of his friends, but in the main George provided the copy. The new paper had been launched on April 5th, before the letter arrived from the Appleton Company rejecting to print the book. After this rejection, Tom George, the author's brother took over the job of finding a publisher. Leaving his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the author's brother made the rounds in New York, acting under advisement of Professor William Swinton. Harper's turned it down unequivocally as being too revolutionary.