- Ernest Howard Crosby
Ernest Howard Crosby (18561907) was an American
reformer and author, born inNew York City . He was educated atNew York University and the Columbia Law School. While a member of the State Assembly (188789), he introduced three highlicense bills, all vetoed by the Governor. From 1889 to 1894 he was judge of the Court of the First Instance atAlexandria, 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. His book, "Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable" (1899), was widely commended by such writers as Björnson, Kropotkin, and Zangwill. He wrote:
* "Captain Jinks, Hero" (1902)
* "Swords and Plowshares" (1902)
* "Tolstoy and his Message" (1903; second edition, 1904)
* "Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster" (1904)
* "Garrison, the NonResistant and Abolitionist" (Chicago, 1905)
* "BroadCast" (1905)
* "Labor and Neighbor" (1908)References
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