Item #8878 The 19th Century Young Man: A Series of Lectures. Rev. William H. Myers.

The 19th Century Young Man: A Series of Lectures

Philadelphia: The Lutheran Book Store, 1890. A series of essays on the 19th century man taken from the author's nightly lectures at Grace Lutheran Church in Reading, PA. Myers introduces his essays by outlining the various perils confronting fin-de-siècle America: immigration (“From this source come the greater portion of our criminals, and here originate the moral diseases that spread contagion over our native population.”), Romanism, Socialism, Mormonism, and the “subtle and insinuating evils that rise from the lap of wealth and luxury, the corrupt influence of politics, the refined vices of society, and the underlife forces of the great city” (p. 11). He then sketches the Rich Young Man, Fast Young Man, Young Man Gone to the Dogs, Young Man of Destiny, Man of Office, Man of Business, Young Man as a Friend, Young Man of Sunshine, Professional Man, Young Man at His Trade, and the Manly Young Man.

8vo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt, frontispiece, 164 p. Faint soiling and wear to cloth, VG. Item #8878

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