Publisher's Synopsis
Ernest Howard Crosby (1856-1907) was an American reformer, georgist, and author. Crosby was born in New York City in 1856. He was the son of the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby (1826-1891), a Presbyterian minister, and a relative of prolific hymn-writer and rescue mission worker Fanny Crosby. He was educated at New York University and the Columbia Law School. He was a member of the Delta Phi fraternity during his time at New York University. While a member of the State Assembly (1887-1889), he introduced three high-license bills, all vetoed by the Governor David Bennett Hill. From 1889 to 1894, he was judge of the Court of the First Instance at Alexandria, Egypt. He became an exponent of the theories of Count Tolstoy, whom he visited before his return to America; his relations with the great Russian later ripened into intimate friendship, and he devoted himself in America largely to promulgating Tolstoy's ideas of universal peace. This Book contains: "Tolstoy and his message" by Ernest Howard Crosby. With an illustrated biography from "The life of Tolstoy" (Vol. 1&2) by Maude, Aylmer. From 1904.Biography and assessment of Leo Tolstoy's spiritual quest, philosophy and teachings by Crosby, his leading contemporary follower in the United States. Contents: Tolstoy's Boyhood and Manhood; His Great Spiritual Crisis; His Answer to the Riddle of Life; The Basis of his Moral and Social Code; His Teaching Tested by the Christian Spirit; The Christian Teaching in Practice; and The Tolstoy of Today.
