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 Study of Shelley's 'Julian and Maddale' Richard Clay & Sons, London, 1888, p. 32
  • Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1892, p. 166
  • Company I Have Kept George Allen & Unwin, London, 1930, p. 218
  • Cum Grano, Verses and Epigrams Oriole Press, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 1931, p. 146
  • De Quincey George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1904, p. 112
  • Eton under Hornby: Some Reminiscences and Reflections A. C. Fifield, London, 1910, p. 126
  • Homo Rapiens, and Other Verses Watts & Co., London, 1926, 70 pages, 1926, p. 70
  • Humanitarianism: Its General Principles and Progress Reeves and Turner, London, 1891, p. 27
  • Life of Henry David Thoreau Richard Bentley & Son, London, 1890
  • Literae Humaniores, An Appeal to Teachers The Humanitarian League, 1894, p. 32
  • Literary Sketches Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1886, p. 235
  • Memories of Bygone Eton Hutchinson & Co., London, 1928, p. 264
  • On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills: Pilgrimages to Snowdon and Scawfell A. C. Fifield, London, 1908, p. 128
  • Our Vanishing Wildflowers and Other Essays Watts and Co., London, 1928, p. 86
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley: A Monograph Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1888, p. 277
  • Seventy Years Among Savages George Allen & Unwin, London, 1921, p. 251
  • Shelley's Principles: Has Time Refuted or Confirmed Them? A Retrospect and Forecast Reeves and Turner, London, 1892, p. 82
  • The Call of the Wildflower George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1922, p. 192
  • The Creed of Kinship Constable & Co., London, 1935, 1935, p. 118
  • The Flogging Craze: A Statement of the Case Against Corporal Punishment George Allen & Unwin, London, 1916, p. 159
  • The Humanities of Diet William Reeves, London, 1897, p. 22
  • The Humanities of Diet, Some Reasonings and Rhymings The Vegetarian Society, Manchester, 1914, p. 70
  • The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues Idea Publishing Union Ltd., London, 1899, p. 116
  • The Nursery of Toryism: Reminiscences and Reflections A. C. Fifield, London, 1911, p. 126
  • The Story of My Cousins: Brief Animal Biographies Watts and Co., London, 1923, p. 70

Books Edited by Salt

  • A Vindication of Natural Diet F. Pitman, London; J. Heywood and the Vegetarian Society, Manchester, 1884, p. 27
  • Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1890, p. 141
  • Godwin's 'Political Justice', A Reprint of the Essay on 'Property' Swan, Sonnenscheim, Lowrey & Co., London, 1890, p. 155
  • Killing for Sport George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1914, p. 186
  • Kith and Kin: Poems of Animal Life George Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1901, p. 95
  • Poems of Nature John Lane, London, 1895, p. 122
  • Selections from Thoreau Macmillan and Co, London, 1895, p. 330
  • Songs of Freedom W. Scott Ltd., London and New York, 1893, p. 345
  • Songs of the Army of the Night William Reeves, London, 1894, p. 132
  • The Story of Aeneas: Virgil's Aeneid The University Press, Cambridge, 1928, p. 304
  • Treasures Of Lucretius: Selected Passages from the 'De Rerum Natura' Watts and Co., London,, 1912, p. 64

Essays

  • A Cardinal on the Rights of Labour Justice, No. 83 - August 15, 1885, p. 2
  • A Dream of Queer Fishes The Commonweal, November 19, 1887, pp. 372-373
  • A Nursey of Millionaires To-day, June 1885, pp. 239-244
  • A Sage at Close Quarters Edward Carpenter: In Appreciation edited by G. Beith, 1931, pp. 180-199
  • Alarming Condition of the West-End The Commonweal, 12 June 1886, pp. 84-85
  • Anna Kingsford Humane Review, 1909, pp. 58-64
  • Bernard Shaw as Humanitarian Humane Review, April 1908, pp. 29-34
  • Bible and Beef The Vegetarian, 1899
  • Burroughs' Study of Whitman Vegetarian Review, 1897, pp. 130-133
  • Cobbett's 'Legacy To Labourers' Justice, June 6, 1885 - No. 73, p. 2
  • Concerning Rules and Principles The Vegetarian News, August 1931, pp. 219-220
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Writings Progress, July 1887
  • Edward Carpenter - Democratic Author and Poet The Times, June 29, 1929, p. 14
  • Fashionable Cricket Justice, No. 78 - July 11, 1885, p. 5
  • Fasting and Feasting Justice, No. 64 - April 4, 1885, p. 4
  • Field Sports The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. II No. 4, April-June 1883, pp. 111=113
  • Fifty Years Among Savages Humane Review, Volumes 7-8 , 1907, pp. 37-44
  • George Bernard Shaw Vegetarian Review, February 1897, pp. 84-6
  • Godwin's 'Polictical Justice' The Commonweal, April 16, 1887, p. 124
  • Good Taste in Diet The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. III No. 2, October-December 1883, pp. 161-163
  • Have Animals Rights? Humane Review, January 1908 (Vol. 8: 1907-1908), pp. 219-236
  • Henry D. Thoreau Justice, November 14, 1885 - No.96, p. 2
  • Henry D. Thoreau Temple Bar, Vol. 78, November 1886, pp. 369-383
  • Herman Melville The Universal Review, May, 1889, pp. IV, 78
  • Is Socialism Slavery? Unknown publisher, Date unknown, pp. 107-113
  • James Leigh Joynes: Some Reminiscences Social Democrat, August 1897 - No. 8, pp. 232-238
  • Liberty and Force Justice, May 9, 1885 - No. 69, p. 2
  • Logic of The Larder Animal Rights and Human Obligations (1st Edition), 1976
  • Marquesan Melville The Gentleman's Magazine, March, 1892, pp. 248-257
  • Medical Men and Food Reform The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. II No. 1, July 1882, pp. 4-8
  • Morality of Diet The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. I No. 3, January 1882, pp. 78-83
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's Romances Progress, September 1887
  • On Certain Fallacies - Part 1 The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. I No. 4, April 1882, pp. 105-111
  • On Certain Fallacies - Part 2 The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. II No. 3, December 1882, pp. 75-80
  • On Certain Lyric Poets, and Their Critics Temple Bar, January 1883, pp. 53-59
  • Philanthropic Mania: Its Diagnosis and Treatment The Commonweal, October 8, 1887, p. 322
  • Reminiscences of Ernest Bell Cruel Sports, June, 1934, p. 45
  • Restrictionists and Abolitionists Humanity, 4, November 1900, pp. 85-6
  • Robert Buchanan's Humanitarianism T. Fisher Unwin, 1903
  • School-Boy Digestion The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. IV No. 3, January-March 1885, pp. 68--73
  • Schoolboy Charity Justice, January 17, 1885 - No. 53, p. 4
  • Self Reform The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. III No. 3, January-March 1884, pp. 68-70
  • Shelley and the Quarterly Review To-day, January 1888, pp. 5-11
  • Shelley as a Teacher Temple Bar, November 1882, pp. 365-377
  • Shelley's Views on Social Reform Justice, No. 94 - October 31, 1885, p. 2
  • Socialism and Literature The New Review, January 1891
  • Socialists and Vegetarians To-day, November 1896, pp. 172-74
  • Some Results of Food Reform The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. II No. 2, October 1882, pp. 39-43
  • Some Revolutionary Poets of the Century The Labour Leader, June 19, 1897, p. 207
  • Some Thoughts on De Quincey Time, October, 1887
  • Sport The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. IV No. 1, July-September 1884, pp. 1-5
  • Tame Stag-Hunting The Vegetarian, Vol. X No. 1, February 13, 1897, p. 4
  • The ‘Hamiltonian System’ of Education The Gentleman's Magazine, 1888, pp. 568-577
  • The Conversion of Richard Jefferies The National Reformer, October 18, 1891, p. 243
  • The Ethics of Corporal Punishment International Journal of Ethics, October 1905 - Volume 16, Issue 1, pp. 77-88
  • The Eton College Hare-Hunt. By Etonensis. Humanitarian League, 1906, p. 15
  • The Eton Hare Hunt A. C. Fifield, London, 1909, p. 24
  • The Faith of Richard Jefferies Westminster Review, 1905, pp. 177-185
  • The Father of Epigram The Socialist Review, March 1922, pp. 151-159
  • The Humanities of Diet Fortnightly Review, September, 1896
  • The Late Mr Howard Williams: An Appreciation The Vegetarian News, October 1931, pp. 274-275
  • The Memorial Window to Lord Fortescue Cruel Sports, February, 1936, pp. 11-12
  • The Rights of Animals International Journal of Ethics, January 1900 - Volume 10, Issue 2, pp. 206-22
  • The Sanctity of Life The Vegetarian Society, 1898, pp. 1-6
  • The 'Sanitary Wool' System The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. IV No. 4, April-June 1885, pp. 103-105
  • The Schoolmaster Abroad The Commonweal, 26 March 1887, p. 100
  • 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, p. 12
  • The Story of a Heart To-day, June 1888, pp. 163-168
  • The Tennysonian Philosophy To-day, February 1884 - No. 2, pp. 135-147
  • The Troubles of Travellers The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger, September 1, 1886, pp. 264-266
  • The War in the North Justice, August 8, 1885 - No. 82, p. 4
  • The Works of James Thomson (B.V.) The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1886
  • Theory and Practice Justice, February 21, 1885 - No.56, pp. 4-5
  • Thoreau and the Simple Life Humane Review, October 1906 (Volume 7), pp. 202-208
  • Thoreau as Pioneer The Humanitarian, September 1917 (Volume 8), pp. 59-60
  • Thoreau in Twenty Volumes Fortnightly Review, June 1908, Vol. 83, pp. 994-1004
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal Justice, March 14, 1885 - No. 61, p. 2
  • Two Kinds of Genius Progress, November, 1883
  • Two Similar Pastimes: Sport and War National Society for the Abolition of Cruel Sports, London, 1947, p. 6
  • Two Socialist Poets The Socialist Review, February 1929, pp. 42-46
  • Utopia Justice, May 23, 1885 - No. 71, p. 2
  • Vegetarianism 'As She is Spoke' The Vegetarian, Vol. II No. 27, July 6, 1889, p. 420
  • Vegetarianism and Social Reform The Dietetic Reformer and Vegetarian Messenger, April 1, 1885, pp. 99-100
  • What are the Principles of the Primrose League? The Commonweal, November 6, 1886, p. 252
  • What is Humanitarianism? Humane Review, October 1907 (Volume 8: 1907-1908), pp. 178-88
  • William Godwin To-day, July 1887, pp. 12-23

Poems

  • Bible Binding Justice, November 28, 1885 - No. 98, p. 5
  • Charity on the Cheap Justice, October 25, 1884 - No. 41, p. 2
  • Feathertop Justice, March 21, 1885 - No. 62, p. 6
  • Hymn of Thanksgiving Justice, No. 885, Vol. XVII, December 29, 1900, p. 3
  • In Memoriam The Humanitarian, December 1918, p. 159
  • On the Irish Evictions The Commonweal, August 20, 1887, p. 267
  • Scraps from the Press The Vegetarian Messenger, July 1, 1887, Vol .1 No. 7, p. 212
  • New Form for the Swearing-in of Constables The Commonweal, December 3. 1887, p. 387
  • The Altruistic Flesh-Eater The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May, 1926, p. 98
  • The Blessings of Emigration Justice, May 9th, 1885 - No. 69, p. 5
  • The Conquering Hero Justice, June 27, 1885 - No. 76, p. 5
  • The Cry of the Might have been The Vegetarian News, June 1926, p. 1
  • The Making of the Brute The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May 1910, p. 150
  • The Modern Guy Fawkes The Commonweal, November 5, 1887, p. 359
  • The Shade of Judge Jeffreys to the English Bench The Commonweal, February 19, 1888, p. 53
  • The Socialist not a Vegetarian The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, Vol. 25 No. 2, February 1928, p. 21
  • The Sufficient Reason The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, May, 1927, p. 83
  • The True Patriotism Justice, February 28, 1885 - No. 59, p. 5
  • The Unborn Pigs to their Patron The Vegetarian News, July 1928
  • The Village Butcher The Food Reform Magazine, Vol. III No. 3, January-March 1884, pp. 75-76
  • To The Poet Laureate Justice, May 2, 1885 - No. 68, p. 5
  • Voice of the Voiceless The Great Kinship - edited by Bertram Lloyd, 1921, p. 158
  • Workman's Jubilee Ode The Social Democrat, February 1897, p. 65
  • Workmen's Song Justice, February 7, 1885 - No. 56, p. 5

Reviews

  • A Biography of Henry Salt The Vegetarian News, 1951, pp. 124-126
  • A Compendium of the Cranks The Observer, 15 September, 1935, p. 8
  • A Gentle Crusader The Guardian, October 5, 1951 , p. 4
  • A Humanitarian Times Literary Supplement, January 20, 1921, p. 37
  • A Humanitarian Botanist – Flowers at Home The Times, June 20, 1922, p. 16
  • 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
  • American psyche The Times, December 27, 1993, p. 27
  • Among the Cannibals: The Savour of Salt The Independent, 21 December 1989
  • Animals' Rights Lucifer, Vol. XI, January 1893, p. 426
  • Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress The Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 130, January 1983, pp. 98-100
  • Animals’ Rights The Nation, July 9, 1896, p. 38
  • Call of the Wildflower unknown, 1922
  • Company I Have Kept The Guardian, August 12, 1930, p. 7
  • Company I Have Kept The Vegetarian Messenger, Vol. 27 No. 9, September 1930, pp. 210-211
  • Crossing the Insuperable Line Times Literary Supplement, January 16, 1981, p. 48
  • Cum Grano, Verses and Epigrams Times Literary Supplement, September 17, 1931, p. 710
  • De Quincey The Guardian, 12 December 1904, p. 5
  • Eton Memories The Guardian, September 25, 1928, p. 7
  • Flogging!: H. S. Salt's Book The Labour Leader, 1916
  • Good Company Times Literary Supplement, August 7, 1930, p. 636
  • 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, pp. 730-731
  • Homo Rapiens, and Other Verses The Socialist Review, February 1927
  • Homo Rapiens, and Other Verses Times Literary Supplement, December 23, 1926, p. 951
  • Humanitarian Essays The Bristol Times and Mirror, November 13, 1897, p. 13
  • Humanitarian Essays The Liverpool Courier, December 28, 1897, p. 3
  • James Thomson's 'City of Dreadful Night' Observer, May 29, 1932, p. 6
  • Killing for Sport The Socialist Review, May 1915
  • Killing for Sport The Nation, June 17, 1915, p. 688
  • Life of Henry David Thoreau by Henry S Salt The Independent, 24 November 1993, p. 19
  • Life of Henry David Thoreau, Henry S. Salt Richard Jefferies Society, 1994
  • Literary Sketches To-day, 1888, pp. 59-60
  • Marx and Thoreau The Socialist Review,, January/March 1918
  • Memories of Bygone Eton Times Literary Supplement, November 8, 1928, p. 820
  • Mr. Salt’s Shelley The Guardian, 19 May, 1913, p. 5
  • On Cambrian and Cumbrian Hills The Guardian, 11 May, 1908, p. 5
  • Our Vanishing Wild Flowers The Guardian, July 23, 1928, p. 5
  • Our Vanishing Wildflowers, and Other Essays Times Literary Supplement, June 28, 1928, p. 490
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley - A Monograph To-day, 1888, pp. 123-124
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley: Poet and Pioneer The Nation, July 9, 1896, p. 36
  • Poems of Nature The Times, November 15, 1895, p. 13
  • Rebel Company The Times, June 27, 1930, p. 20
  • Richard Jefferies The Critic, New York, 3 March 1894, p. 143
  • Salt and His Circle Vegetarian Messenger, 1951, pp. 257-8
  • Salt and His Circle Times Literary Supplement, October 5, 1951, p. 626
  • 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, p. 13
  • Story of My Cousins The Animals Friend Annual Volume , 1923, p. 119
  • Tennyson as a Thinker Observer, June 27, 1909, p. 5
  • 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, p. 5
  • The Creed of Kinship Times Literary Supplement, March 21, 1935, p. 179
  • The Fraternity to Come: Henry Salt Humanitarian Reformer and Man of Letters Times Literary Supplement, 24 February 1978, p. 224
  • The Life of Henry David Thoreau Animal World (a journal of the RSPCA), December 1890, pp. 186-187
  • The Life of James Thomson (B.V.) To-day, 1889, pp. 187-188
  • The Savour of Salt - League Review Wildlife Guardian, Spring 1990, p. 16
  • 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 The Guardian, July 13, 1926, p. 9
  • The Story of Dido and Aeneas Times Literary Supplement, May 20, 1926, p. 341
  • The Story of My Cousins The Guardian, August 17, 1923, p. 5
  • The Story of My Cousins: Brief Animal Biographies Times Literary Supplement, June 7, 1923, p. 389
  • The Vegetarian Messenger Observer, 16 January 1921, p. 4
  • Torture in the Twentieth Century The Socialist Review, January/March 1917
  • Towards Animal Rights and Moral Reform RSPCA Today, Summer 1981, p. 18
  • Treasures of the Wildness Times Literary Supplement, July 6, 1922, p. 439

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