‘To that sorely betrayed and somewhat bedraggled goddess, “Liberty” with whom, however, Puritanism has prevented the author’s personal acquaintance, this little book is affectionately inscribed.’

Puritanism by Clarence Meily. Charles H Kerr Publishers, Chicago. 1911.

Contents: What is Morality? Class Systems of Morality, The Origin of Puritanism, The Decadence of Puritanism, Puritanism and Asceticism, Puritanism and the Proletariat, Abstract Morality. 153 pages.

The Charles H Kerr publishing house was responsible for some of the earliest translations and editions of Marx, Engels, and other leaders of the socialist movement in the United States. Publisher of the Socialist Party aligned International Socialist Review, the Charles H Kerr Co. was an exponent of the Party’s left wing and the most important left publisher of the pre-Communist US workers movement.

PDF of original book: https://archive.org/download/puritanism00meiliala/puritanism00meiliala.pdf