Henry Salt (1853-1939) was the author of the Life of Henry David Thoreau, Animals Rights and A Plea for Vegetarianism which inspired Gandhi for follow a vegetarian diet.

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Books

  • A Plea for Vegetarianism and Other Essays Vegetarian Society, Manchester, 1886
  • A Study of Shelley's 'Julian and Maddale' Richard Clay & Sons, London, 1888
  • Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1892
  • Company I Have Kept George Allen & Unwin, London, 1930
  • Cum Grano, Verses and Epigrams Oriole Press, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 1931
  • De Quincey George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1904
  • Humanitarianism: Its General Principles and Progress Reeves and Turner, London, 1891
  • Life of Henry David Thoreau Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1890
  • Literae Humaniores, An Appeal to Teachers The Humanitarian League, 1894
  • Literary Sketches Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1886
  • Memories of Bygone Eton Hutchinson & Co., London, 1928
  • On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills: Pilgrimages to Snowdon and Scawfell A. C. Fifield, London, 1908
  • Our Vanishing Wildflowers and Other Essays Watts and Co., London, 1928
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Monograph Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1888
  • Seventy Years Among Savages George Allen & Unwin, London, 1921
  • Shelley's Principles: Has Time Refuted or Confirmed Them? A Retrospect and Forecast Reeves and Turner, London, 1892
  • The Call of the Wildflower George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1922
  • The Creed of Kinship Constable & Co., London, 1935, 1935
  • The Flogging Craze: A Statement of the Case Against Corporal Punishment George Allen & Unwin, London, 1916
  • The Humanities of Diet, Some Reasonings and Rhymings The Humanitarian League, London (?), 1897
  • The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues Idea Publishing Union Ltd., London, 1899
  • The Nursery of Toryism: Reminiscences and Reflections A. C. Fifield, London, 1911
  • The Story of My Cousins: Brief Animal Biographies Watts and Co., London, 1923

Books Edited by Salt

  • A Vindication of Natural Diet F. Pitman, London; J. Heywood and the Vegetarian Society, Manchester, 1884
  • Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1890
  • Godwin's 'Political Justice', A Reprint of the Essay on 'Property' Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1890
  • Killing for Sport George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1914
  • Kith and Kin: Poems of Animal Life George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1901
  • Poems of Nature John Lane, London, 1895
  • Selections from Thoreau Macmillan and Co, London, 1895
  • Songs of Freedom W. Scott Ltd., London and New York, 1893
  • The Story of Aeneas: Virgil's Aeneid The University Press, Cambridge, 1928
  • Treasures Of Lucretius: Selected Passages from the 'De Rerum Natura' Watts and Co., London,, 1912

Essays

  • A Cardinal on the Rights of Labour Justice, No. 83 - August 15, 1885
  • A Nursey of Millionaires To-day, June 1885
  • A Sage at Close Quarters Edward Carpenter: In Appreciation edited by G. Beith, 1931
  • Burroughs' Study of Whitman Vegetarian Review, 1897
  • Cobbett's 'Legacy To Labourers' Justice, June 6, 1885 - No. 73
  • Concerning Rules and Principles The Vegetarian News, August 1931
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Writings Progress, July 1887
  • Edward Carpenter - Democratic Author and Poet The Times, June 29, 1929
  • Edward Carpenter and Brighton Unknown, After 1929
  • Fashionable Cricket Justice, No. 78 - July 11, 1885
  • Fasting and Feasting Justice, No. 64 - April 4, 1885
  • George Bernard Shaw Vegetarian Review, February 1897
  • Have Animals Rights? Humane Review, January 1908 (Vol. 8: 1907-1908)
  • Henry D. Thoreau Justice, November 14, 1885 - No.96
  • Herman Melville The Universal Review, May, 1889
  • James Leigh Joynes: Some Reminiscences Social Democrat, August 1897 - No. 8
  • Liberty and Force Justice, May 9, 1885 - No. 69
  • Logic of The Larder Animal Rights and Human Obligations (1st Edition), 1976
  • Marquesan Melville The Gentleman's Magazine, March, 1892
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's Romances Progress, September 1887
  • On Certain Lyric Poets, And Their Critics Temple Bar, January 1883
  • Reminiscences of Ernest Bell Cruel Sports, June, 1934
  • Restrictionists and Abolitionists Humanity, 4, November 1900
  • Robert Buchanan's Humanitarianism T. Fisher Unwin, 1903
  • Schoolboy Charity Justice, January 17, 1885 - No. 53
  • Shelley and the Quarterly Review To-day, January 1888
  • Shelley as a Teacher Temple Bar, November 1882
  • Shelley's Views on Social Reform Justice, No. 94 - October 31, 1885
  • Socialism and Literature The New Review, January 1891
  • Socialists and Vegetarians To-day, November 1896
  • Some Thoughts on De Quincey Time, October, 1887
  • The ‘Hamiltonian System’ of Education The Gentleman's Magazine, unknown
  • The Beagler Boy A. C. Fifield, London, 1907
  • The Brutalitarian 'A Journal for the Sane and Strong' The Humanitarian League, October 1904 - Vol. 1 No. 1
  • The Ethics of Corporal Punishment International Journal of Ethics, October 1905 - Volume 16, Issue 1
  • The Eton College Hare-Hunt. By Etonensis. Humanitarian League, 1906
  • The Eton Hare Hunt A. C. Fifield, London, 1909
  • The Faith of Richard Jefferies Westminster Review, 1905
  • The Humanities of Diet Animal Rights and Human Obligations (1st Edition), 1976
  • The Late Mr Howard Williams: An Appreciation The Vegetarian News, October 1931
  • The Rights of Animals International Journal of Ethics, January 1900 - Volume 10, Issue 2
  • The Secret of the Reptile House, Snake Feeding at the Zoological Gardens The Humanitarian League, London, 1909
  • The Sportsmen at Bay The Humanitarian League, London, 1906
  • The Story of a Heart To-day, June 1888
  • The Tennysonian Philosophy To-day, February 1884 - No. 2
  • The War in the North Justice, August 8, 1885 - No. 82
  • The Works of James Thomson (B.V.) The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1886
  • Theory and Practice Justice, February 21, 1885 - No.56
  • Thoreau Temple Bar, November 1886
  • Thoreau and the Simple Life Humane Review, October 1906 (Volume 7)
  • Thoreau as Pioneer The Humanitarian, September 1917 (Volume 8)
  • Thoreau in Twenty Volumes Fortnightly Review in The Living Age, 18 July 1908
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal Justice, March 14, 1885 - No. 61
  • Two Kinds of Genius Progress, November, 1883
  • Two Similar Pastimes: Sport and War National Society for the Abolition of Cruel Sports, London, 1947
  • Utopia Justice, May 23, 1885 - No. 71
  • What is Humanitarianism? Humane Review, October 1907 (Volume 8: 1907-1908)
  • William Godwin To-day, July 1887

Poems

  • Bible Binding Justice, November 28, 1885 - No. 98
  • Charity on the Cheap Justice, October 25, 1884 - No. 41
  • Feathertop Justice, March 21, 1885 - No. 62
  • Hymn of Thanksgiving Justice, No. 885, Vol. XVII, December 29, 1900
  • The Blessings of Emigration Justice, May 9th, 1885 - No. 69
  • The Conquering Hero Justice, June 27, 1885 - No. 76
  • The True Patriotism Justice, February 28, 1885 - No. 59
  • To The Poet Laureate Justice, May 2, 1885 - No. 68
  • Workmen's Song Justice, February 7, 1885 - No. 56

Reviews

  • A Biography of Henry Salt unknown, 1951
  • A Compendium of the Cranks The Observer, 15 September, 1935
  • A Gentle Crusader The Guardian, October 5, 1951
  • A Humanitarian Times Literary Supplement, January 20, 1921
  • A Humanitarian Botanist – Flowers at Home The Times, June 20, 1922
  • A Socialist on Shelley: Review of Henry Salt's Percy Bysshe Shelley - A Monograph Justice, February 1888
  • A Tasty Morsel: The Savour of Salt New Ground, Summer 1990
  • Among the Cannibals: The Savour of Salt The Independent, 21 December 1989
  • Animals' Rights Lucifer, Vol. XI, January 1893
  • Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 130, January 1983
  • Animals’ Rights The Nation, July 9, 1896
  • Company I Have Kept The Guardian, August 12, 1930
  • Crossing the Insuperable Line Times Literary Supplement, January 16, 1981
  • Cum Grano, Verses and Epigrams Times Literary Supplement, September 17, 1931
  • De Quincey The Guardian, 12 December 1904
  • Eton Memories The Guardian, September 25, 1928
  • Flogging!: H. S. Salt's Book The Labour Leader, 1916
  • Good Company Times Literary Supplement, August 7, 1930
  • Henry S. Salt, Life of Henry David Thoreau Nineteenth-Century Prose, March 22, 1995
  • Henry Salt and Animal Rights PAWS Animal Welfare News, Summer 1981
  • Henry Salt, Humanitarian Reformer and Man on Letters The American Historical Review, June 1978, Vol. 83, No. 3
  • Homo Rapiens, and Other Verses The Socialist Review, February 1927
  • Homo Rapiens, and Other Verses Times Literary Supplement, December 23, 1926
  • Humanitarian Essays The Liverpool Courier, December 28, 1897
  • Humanitarian Essays The Bristol Times and Mirror, November 13, 1897
  • James Thomson's 'City of Dreadful Night' Observer, May 29, 1932
  • Killing for Sport The Socialist Review, May 1915
  • Life of Henry David Thoreau by Henry S Salt The Independent, 24 November 1993
  • Life of Henry David Thoreau, Henry S. Salt Richard Jefferies Society, 1994
  • Literary Sketches To-day, 1888
  • Marx and Thoreau The Socialist Review,, January/March 1918
  • Memories of Bygone Eton Times Literary Supplement, November 8, 1928
  • Mr. Salt’s Shelley The Guardian, 19 May, 1913
  • On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills The Guardian, 11 May, 1908
  • Our Vanishing Wild Flowers The Guardian, July 23, 1928
  • Our Vanishing Wildflowers, and Other Essays Times Literary Supplement, June 28, 1928
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - A Monograph To-day, 1888
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poet and Pioneer The Nation, July 9, 1896
  • Poems of Nature The Times, November 15, 1895
  • Rebel Company The Times, June 27, 1930
  • Richard Jefferies The Critic, New York, 3 March 1894
  • Salt and His Circle Vegetarian Messenger, 1951
  • Salt and His Circle Times Literary Supplement, October 5, 1951
  • Salt of the Earth: The Savour of Salt New York Review of Books, February 15, 1990
  • Seventy Years Among Savages The Times, January 11, 1921
  • Tennyson as a Thinker Observer, June 27, 1909
  • The Beast in Man The New York Review of Books, April 30, 1981 - Volume 28, Number 7
  • The Call of the Wildflower The Guardian, September 5, 1922
  • The Creed of Kinship Times Literary Supplement, March 21, 1935
  • The Fraternity to Come: Henry Salt Humanitarian Reformer and Man of Letters Times Literary Supplement, 24 February 1978
  • The Life of Henry David Thoreau Animal World (a journal of the RSPCA), December 1890
  • The Life of James Thomson (B.V.) To-day, 1889
  • The Savour of Salt Review Pacifist, July 1989
  • The Savour of Salt: A Henry Salt Anthology The Freethinker (London), May 1990
  • The Story of Dido and Aeneas Times Literary Supplement, May 20, 1926
  • The Story of Dido and Aeneas The Guardian, July 13, 1926
  • The Story of My Cousins The Guardian, August 17, 1923
  • The Story of My Cousins: Brief Animal Biographies Times Literary Supplement, June 7, 1923
  • The Vegetarian Messenger Observer, 16 January 1921
  • Torture in the Twentieth Century The Socialist Review, January/March 1917
  • Treasures of the Wildness Times Literary Supplement, July 6, 1922

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