Dora Marsden was the editor or co-editor of three journals: The Freewoman (1911 – 1912), The New Freewoman (1913) and The Egoist (1914 – 1918). The Union of Egoists offers the complete contents of every issue of all three journals at no cost.
Dora Marsden: “The New Freewoman is not for the advancement of Woman, but for the empowering of individuals—men and women; it is not to set women free, but to demonstrate the fact that ‘freeing’ is the individual’s affair and must be done first-hand… it is not to bring new thoughts to individuals, but to set the thinking mechanism to the task of destroying thoughts; to make plain that thinking has no merit in itself, but is a machine, of which the purpose is not to create something, but to liberate something: not to create thoughts but to set free life impulses. Its effect will be as though it had created new life-force: but in reality it will bare life to the light as the threshing-machine lays bare the corn.”
The fierce loyalty of its supporters [The Freewoman], however, was not enough to solve the problems associated with The Freewoman‘s revival. First, a suitable publisher willing to take the economic and political risks of producing such a radical journal had to be found. Second, given its lack of normal sources of revenue, in particular from advertising, sufficient capital had to be provided to ensure the paper’s stability. Third, reasonable and central offices in London had to be located. Alongside the communication and organizational problems created by Dora’s removal to Southport, and Swift’s contentious claim to the title Freewoman, these were indeed daunting obstacles. They could not have been overcome without a small yet crucial nucleus of women. Without the support and care of Hannah Marsden, the help of Grace Jardine, the pugnacity of Dora herself, the energetic canvassing of Rebecca West and, crucially, the capital, determination and organizational ability of Harriet Shaw Weaver, The New Freewoman would never have reappeared, certainly not by June 1913. Some men, for example, the contributor Edward Herrin, did help (in this case, by offering free legal advice) but the paper’s re-launch, and its subsequent achievements, was largely a result of these women’s efforts.
– Les Garner: A Brave and Beautiful Spirit / Dora Marsden, 1882-1960 (2019)
Index of Issues
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 1 | 1913-06-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 1 |
The Lean Kind | 1 |
Views and Comments | 3 |
Trees of Gold by Rebecca West | 5 |
Social Atavism in California by Reginald Wright Kauffman | 7 |
Mind and Movements: Woman’s New Era by Francis Grierson | 10 |
The Eclipse of Woman: Notes on a Prehistoric Revolution—I: Ladies First! by F. R. A. I. | 11 |
Concerning Free Love by Theodore Schroeder | 12 |
Two Testaments by Benjamin R. Tucker | 15 |
Advertisements | 15 |
The Golden Age by Huntly Carter | 16 |
Correspondence Personal Rights by J. H. Levy | 17 |
Eve by Horace Holley | 18 |
Advertisements | 18 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 2 | 1913-07-01
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 21 |
Intellect and Culture | 21 |
Views and Comments | 23 |
Note | 25 |
Nana by Rebecca West | 26 |
Towards Reconstruction by Godfrey Blount | 27 |
The Eclipse of Woman—II: Queens and Kings by F. R. A. I. | 29 |
Epstein’s Oscar Wilde Monument: An Interpretation by Horace Holley | 30 |
Advertisements | 30 |
Platonic Fantasias—I: Socratic Ideals by M. Holmes | 31 |
The Evil That Words Do by Huntly Carter | 33 |
A Race of Individuals by Winnifred W. Leisenring | 34 |
A New Altar: Book Review of ‘The Truth about Woman’ by C. Gasquoine Hartley (Mrs. Walter Gallichan) by Barbara Low | 35 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 37 |
Correspondence Diderot on Maidenly Education by Benjamin R. Tucker | 37 |
Correspondence Does God Ever Think Twice? by Benjamin R. Tucker | 37 |
The Plain Woman by Horace Holley | 37 |
Advertisements | 38 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 3 | 1913-07-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 41 |
Democracy | 41 |
Views and Comments | 43 |
The Belief in Personal Immortality: Book Review of ‘The Belief in Personal Immortality’ by E. S. P. Haynes and ‘The Invincible Alliance’ by Francis Grierson by Rebecca West | 45 |
The Eclipse of Woman—III: White Slavery by F. R. A. I. | 47 |
Advertisements | 47 |
Paris Notes by Benjamin R. Tucker | 49 |
Gerald Stanley Lee: A Book Review of ‘Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy and of the Fears, Desires, and Expectations of the People’ by Gerald Stanley Lee by Allen Upward | 50 |
Religion and Make-Believe by Godfrey Blount | 51 |
A Palimpsest by Huntly Carter | 53 |
Private Morality and Public Life by William Foss | 54 |
The Literature of the Theatre: Book Reviews of ‘The Play of To-day’ by Elizabeth R. Hunt, ‘Shakespeare in the Theatre’ by William Poel, ‘The Civic Theatre’ by Percy Mackaye, ‘Henrik Ibsen: Poet, Mystic, and Moralist,’ ‘The Joy of the Theatre’ by Gilbert Cannan, and ‘Poetry and Drama’—June by Huntly Carter | 55 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 57 |
Correspondence Neo-Malthusianism and the Women’s Question by W. R. B. | 57 |
Magazine Notes by Editors | 58 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 4 | 1913-08-01
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 61 |
The Heart of the Question | 61 |
Views and Comments | 65 |
At Valladolid by Rebecca West | 66 |
The Status of Women in Early Greek Times by Edward Carpenter | 68 |
The Eclipse of Woman—IV: The Earth Goddess by F. R. A. I. | 69 |
The Etiquette of Dying by Reginald Wright Kauffman | 70 |
Paris Notes by Benjamin R. Tucker | 72 |
Paris Notes: School Prizes and Problems by Jean Jacques Brousson | 72 |
Paris Notes: School Prizes and Problems by Benjamin R. Tucker | 72 |
Advertisements | 72 |
Paris Notes: History in Anticipation by Clément Vautil | 73 |
Paris Notes: History in Anticipation by Benjamin R. Tucker | 73 |
Paris Notes: Anarchy’s New Allies by Benjamin R. Tucker | 74 |
Metaphysicing the Drama by Huntly Carter | 74 |
Reviews: Book Review of ‘Sati: A Vindication of the Hindu Woman’ by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy by H. C. | 76 |
Reviews: Book Review of ‘Goslings’ by J. D. Beresford by B. L. | 76 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 78 |
Correspondence Not Even Will o’ the Wisps, Not Even Mirrors to Catch Larks by Tiens Ferme | 78 |
Correspondence Private Morality and Public Life by The Husband of One Wife and Father of Three Daughters | 78 |
Magazine Notes by Editors | 78 |
Advertisements | 78 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 5 | 1913-08-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 81 |
Thinking and Thought | 81 |
Views and Comments | 83 |
The Eclipse of Woman—V: The House of Commons by F. R. A. I. | 85 |
Advertisements | 85 |
Imagisme by Rebecca West | 86 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: Tenzone by Ezra Pound | 87 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: The Garret by Ezra Pound | 87 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: The Garden by Ezra Pound | 87 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: Dance Figure by Ezra Pound | 87 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: Salutation by Ezra Pound | 87 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: Salutation the Second by Ezra Pound | 88 |
The Contemporania of Ezra Pound: In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound | 88 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—I: Roses by Remy De Gourmont | 88 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—I: Roses by C. Satroris | 88 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—II: Poplars by Remy De Gourmont | 90 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—II: Poplars by C. Satroris | 90 |
Religion and Riches by Godfrey Blount | 91 |
The Latest Freaks in Taxation by Benjamin R. Tucker | 94 |
The Rape of the Drama by Huntly Carter | 94 |
Advertisements | 94 |
The Claims of Women by Clarence Lee Swartz | 96 |
Correspondence The Sentimentalists by M. C. | 97 |
Correspondence Salvation and Suffragism by Tiens Ferme | 97 |
Magazine Notes by Editors | 98 |
Advertisements | 98 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 6 | 1913-09-01
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 101 |
Concerning the Beautiful | 101 |
Views and Comments | 104 |
The Eclipse of Woman—VI: The Paternal Theory by F. R. A. I. | 106 |
The Poet’s Eye—I by Ford Madox Hueffer | 107 |
Advertisements | 107 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—III: The Girdle by Remy De Gourmont | 110 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—III: The Girdle by C. Sartoris | 110 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—IV: The Playing Waters by Remy De Gourmont | 111 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—IV: The Playing Waters by C. Sartoris | 111 |
In Metre: Book Review of ‘Love Poems and Others’ by D. H. Lawrence, ‘Peacock Pie’ by Walter de la Mare, and ‘A Boy’s Will’ by Robert Frost by E. P. | 113 |
The Newer School—I: To Atthis by Sappho | 114 |
The Newer School—I: To Atthis by Richard Aldington | 114 |
The Newer School—II: Sitalkas by H. D. | 114 |
The Newer School—III: In a Garden by Amy Lowell | 114 |
The Newer School—IV: The Dance by Skipwith Cannell | 114 |
The Newer School—V: Hallucination by F. S. Flint | 114 |
The Newer School—VI: Postlude by William Carlos Williams | 114 |
Lego et Penso by Benjamin R. Tucker | 115 |
Lego et Penso: Our Rights by Madame Bulteau | 115 |
Lego et Penso: Our Rights by Benjamin R. Tucker | 115 |
Advertisements | 116 |
Domestic Studies in the Year 2,000 A.D.—I by E. S. P. Haynes | 117 |
‘Individualism’: Book Review of ‘Individualism’ by Professor Warner Fite by Bolton Hall | 117 |
The Egoist by Horace Holley | 118 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 118 |
Correspondence A Human Document by Frances Banks | 118 |
Correspondence ‘Humanity an Organism’ by Alice Groff | 119 |
Magazine Notes by Editors | 119 |
Advertisements | 120 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 7 | 1913-09-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 121 |
On Interference with the Environment—I: The Presuppositions I Start From by Steven T. Byington | 121 |
Views and Comments | 123 |
The Poet’s Eye—III-IV by Ford Madox Hueffer | 126 |
Advertisements | 127 |
‘Androcles and the Lion’ by Rebecca West | 128 |
Notes on French Publications | 128 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—V: The Drone by Remy De Gourmont | 129 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—V: The Drone by C. Sartoris | 129 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—VI: The Marigold by Remy De Gourmont | 130 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—VI: The Marigold by C. Sartoris | 130 |
In Metre: Book Review of ‘The Dominant City’ and ‘Fool’s Gold’ by John Gould Fletcher by E. P. | 131 |
Amalfi by Richard Aldington | 132 |
Oneirodotes by Richard Aldington | 132 |
Beauty, Thou Hast Hurt Me Overmuch by Richard Aldington | 132 |
In the Via Sistina by Richard Aldington | 132 |
The Mourning for Bion by Moschus | 133 |
The Mourning for Bion by Richard Aldington | 133 |
Invocation by Richard Aldington | 133 |
Lego et Penso: Our Rights by Benjamin R. Tucker | 134 |
Lego et Penso: Our Rights by Madame Bulteau | 134 |
The Stone Citizen by Huntly Carter | 134 |
Aurel by Muriel Ciolkowska | 136 |
Domestic Studies in 2000 A.D. by E. S. P. Haynes | 138 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 139 |
Correspondence Salvationism by R. G. | 139 |
Correspondence The Etiquette of Dying by J. Wilson | 139 |
Note by Editors | 139 |
Advertisements | 139 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 8 | 1913-10-01
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 141 |
Tales for the Attentive | 141 |
The Angel Club by The Chancellor | 144 |
Sympathy by Caro | 145 |
On Interference with the Environment—II: The Classes of Interference by Steven T. Byington | 146 |
The Fool and the Wise Man: Book Review of ‘The Woman Thou Gavest Me’ by Hall Caine and ‘The Passionate Friends’ by H. G. Wells by Rebecca West | 147 |
Reviews | 149 |
Nocturne in Pastels by Skipwith Cannéll | 150 |
The Ship of Dead Dreams by Skipwith Cannéll | 150 |
Nocturnes—I-VI by Skipwith Cannéll | 150 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—VII: The Bee by Remy De Gourmont | 151 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—VII: The Bee by C. Sartoris | 151 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—VIII: The Moors by Remy De Gourmont | 152 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—VIII: The Moors by C. Sartoris | 152 |
Advertisements | 152 |
Un Dialogue Dirisoire by Richard Aldington | 154 |
Intermediate Sexual Types by E. B. Lloyd | 155 |
Lego et Penso by Benjamin R. Tucker | 156 |
In the House of My Friends by Reginald Wright Kauffman | 157 |
In the Mirror by Irene McLeod | 158 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 159 |
Correspondence Salvationalism by Tiens Ferme | 159 |
Correspondence Law as Manufacturer of Crime by Uranian | 159 |
Note by Editors | 159 |
Advertisements | 160 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 9 | 1913-10-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 161 |
The Serious Artist—I-II by Ezra Pound | 161 |
Views and Comments | 163 |
The Discussion Circle | 166 |
On Interference with the Environment—III: Certain Conflicts of Interests by Steven T. Byington | 167 |
Un Monologue Dirisoire by Richard Aldington | 168 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—IX: The Swan by Remy De Gourmont | 169 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—IX: The Swan by C. Sartoris | 169 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—X: The Hands by Remy De Gourmont | 171 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—X: The Hands by C. Sartoris | 171 |
Scented Leaves from a Chinese Jar by Allen Upward | 172 |
Religio: Or the Child’s Guide to Knowledge | 173 |
The Conversion of a Specialist by D. M. Richardson | 174 |
Advertisements | 174 |
The Science of Society: Book Review of ‘The Science of Society’ (1851) by Stephen Andrews by Harriet Shaw Weaver | 175 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 176 |
Correspondence The Order of the Brothers Minor by Ezra Pound | 176 |
Correspondence Syndicalist Prostitution by Steven T. Byington | 176 |
Correspondence Beauty and the Human From by W. P. Arnold | 176 |
Correspondence Miss Pankhurst and Purity by R. B. Kerr | 177 |
Correspondence The Dangers of Marriage by R. B. Kerr | 178 |
Correspondence Salvationism by R. G. | 178 |
Correspondence The House of My Friends by Deidtrisch Pheffenschnelder | 178 |
Correspondence An American Comment by Clarence Lee Swartz | 178 |
Advertisements | 179 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 10 | 1913-11-01
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 181 |
The Art of the Future | 181 |
Views and Comments | 183 |
What Is ‘Sanity’ by Alice Groff | 185 |
On Interference with the Environment—IV: Thoroughfares; and Pisciculture by Steven T. Byington | 186 |
Advertisements | 186 |
Rabindranath Tagore: His Second Book into English—Book Review of ‘The Gardener’ by Rabindranath Tagore by Ezra Pound | 187 |
Sayings of K’ung the Master—I by K’ung the Master | 188 |
Sayings of K’ung the Master—I by Allen Upward | 188 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XI: The Barge by Remy De Gourmont | 191 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XI: The Barge by C. Sartoris | 191 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XII: Perfumes by Remy De Gourmont | 192 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XII: Perfumes by C. Sartoris | 192 |
The Serious Artist—III: Emotion and Poesy by Ezra Pound | 194 |
Graveyard Fruit by Bolton Hall | 195 |
Discipline and the New Beauty by Edgar A. Mowrer | 196 |
The House of Vision by Huntly Carter | 197 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 199 |
Correspondence The Angel Club by The Chancellor | 199 |
Note by Editors | 199 |
Advertisements | 199 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 11 | 1913-11-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 201 |
Beauty and the Senses | 201 |
Views and Comments | 203 |
Sayings of K’ung the Master—II-V by K’ung the Master | 205 |
Sayings of K’ung the Master—II-V by Allen Upward | 205 |
On Interference with the Environment—V: Mainly on Offenses to the Eye by Steven T. Byington | 206 |
The Divine Mystery: Book Review of ‘The Divine Mystery’ by Allen Upward by Ezra Pound | 207 |
Otakar Brezina by P. Selver | 208 |
Places of Harmony and Solace by Otakar Brezina | 208 |
Places of Harmony and Solace by P. Selver | 208 |
Art by Otakar Brezina | 209 |
Art by P. Selver | 209 |
The Silent Ocean by Otakar Brezina | 209 |
The Silent Ocean by P. Selver | 209 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XIII: The Lamb by Remy De Gourmont | 210 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XIII: The Lamb by C. Sartoris | 210 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XIV: The Chestnut Trees by Remy De Gourmont | 211 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XIV: The Chestnut Trees by C. Sartoris | 211 |
The Serious Artist—IV by Ezra Pound | 213 |
The Battle of the Cubes by John Cournos | 214 |
Advertisements | 215 |
August Strindberg: Book Review of ‘Confessions of a Fool,’ ‘Marriage,’ ‘Legends,’ ‘The Inferno,’ ‘In Midsummer Days,’ ‘The Red Room,’ and ‘The Son of a Servant’ by August Strindberg by C. H. | 216 |
Lego et Penso by Benjamin R. Tucker | 217 |
A Fabian on Banking Reform by Henry Meulen | 218 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 219 |
Correspondence The Individualist by Alice Groff | 219 |
Correspondence Sanctity and Slumdom by Otway M’Cannell | 219 |
Note by Editors | 219 |
Advertisements | 220 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 12 | 1913-12-01
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 221 |
Le Théâtre du Vieux Colombier by F. S. Flint | 221 |
Views and Comments | 222 |
An Epidemic of Law by Clarence Lee Swartz | 225 |
Advertisements | 225 |
M. Marinetti’s Lectures by Richard Aldington | 226 |
Reviews: Book Review of ‘The Tempers’ by William Carlos Williams by E. P. | 227 |
Reviews: Book Review of ‘Lumières du Monde’ by Paul Castiaux by E. P. | 227 |
Further Instructions by Ezra Pound | 228 |
Les Millwin by Ezra Pound | 228 |
Ancora by Ezra Pound | 228 |
April by Ezra Pound | 228 |
Gentildonna by Ezra Pound | 228 |
Surgit Fama by Ezra Pound | 228 |
Convictions—I-III by Ezra Pound | 228 |
The Choice by Ezra Pound | 228 |
The Rest by Ezra Pound | 228 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XV: The Dream by Remy De Gourmont | 229 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XV: The Dream by C. Sartoris | 229 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XVI: The Fan by Remy De Gourmont | 230 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XVI: The Fan by C. Sartoris | 230 |
The Dearth of Genius by Edgar A. Mowrer | 232 |
Sayings of K’ung—VI-X by K’ung the Master | 233 |
Sayings of K’ung—VI-X by Allen Upward | 233 |
Contes Macabres: My Case by Frances Gregg | 234 |
Contes Macabres: Condemned to Die by Frances Gregg | 235 |
Contes Macabres: A Letter by Frances Gregg | 236 |
Truth about Homer: Concerning Homer and Chronology by Richard Aldington | 237 |
Blaspheming Creation by Huntly Carter | 238 |
Editorial Note by Editors | 239 |
Advertisements | 239 |
The New Freewoman | Volume 1 Number 13 | 1913-12-15
Subtitle: An Individualist Review
Edited by: Dora Marsden
Contents | 241 |
Karos, The God by Allen Upward | 241 |
Views and Comments | 244 |
The Philosophy of Ideas by Henri Bergson | 246 |
The British Academy by R. S. | 248 |
Plays, Books, and Papers: Book Reviews of ‘The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany’ by Violet Hunt, ‘Gens de là et d’ailleurs’ by Alexandre Mercereau, and ‘The Road to the Open’ by Arthur Schnitzler by Richard Aldington | 248 |
Ford Madox Hueffer: Book Review of ‘Collected Poems’ by Ford Maddox Hueffer by Ezra Pound | 251 |
Le : Vent Qui Passe by Maturin M. Dondo | 252 |
Les : Grelots by Maturin M. Dondo | 252 |
Advertisements | 252 |
‘The Horses of Diomedes’—XVII: The Laurel Bush by Remy De Gourmont | 253 |
The Horses of Diomedes’—XVII: The Laurel Bush by C. Sartoris | 253 |
Lego et Penso by Benjamin R. Tucker | 254 |
My Hypothesis by Huntly Carter | 255 |
‘Great Catherine’ by D. N. A. | 256 |
Progress? by Otway M’Cannell | 257 |
Correspondence Note to Correspondents by Editors | 258 |
Correspondence On Behalf of Ideas by Steven T. Byington | 258 |
On the Boulevards by Jack McClure | 259 |
Editorial Note by Editors | 259 |
Advertisements | 260 |