George William Foote

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently…

Prisoner for Blasphemy


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George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding "The Freethinker&quo…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 017


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Satires and Profanities


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"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…

Flowers of Freethought (First Series)


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A collection of 51 short essays by George William Foote, who in May 1881 founded the magazine "The Freethinker", which is still pu…

Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)


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The Freethinker, founded in 1881 was one of the first secular humanist magazines, and also one of the oldest surviving one, moving online on…

Arrows of Freethought


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In these 21 short essays, George William Foote shoots "Arrows of Freethought" in which he lays down his views on atheism, seculari…