Main entry:

Shay, Felix, author.

Title & Author:

Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora / by Felix Shay.

Publication:

New York : W.H. Wise & Co., 1926.

Description:

553 pages : illustrations, portrait, color plates ; 22 cm

Notes:
I. The English "Who's who" of Elbert Hubbard -- I discover Elbert Hubbard for myself -- Hubbard retired from business -- The philistine presents itself -- The horsey village of East Aurora -- The Roycroft idea at work -- The inn and its visitors -- Unconventional conventions -- the cognoscenti arrive and depart -- Roycroft "community" and the socialists -- Ali Baba -- East Aurora "personalities" -- The message to Garcia and its effect -- The print shop and its work -- Health and work habits -- Hubbard the businessman -- Chapel nights -- His eccentricities -- Putting East Aurora on the map -- Knocks and boosts -- Jokes and hoaxes
II. Hubbard the homo -- All in a day's work -- The gospel according to Fra Elbertus -- What Hubbard fought against -- Hubbard's attitude toward money -- Those who he helped -- Making literature of advertising -- His friends and fellow citizens -- The world visits East Aurora -- Some historic quarrels -- His philosophy of work -- Education and schools -- Religion : organized and otherwise -- We have with us tonight -- Vaudeville, before and after -- The philistine, the fra and little journeys -- The writer -- Specimens of Hubbard's style -- The stories he told -- Good bye East Aurora -- Is he sincere? -- I'm the guy -- Riding his hobby -- Kid Cupid -- Discussing great themes -- Ed Howe joins clan -- Remittance man -- the sciolist -- Ali Baba in original binding -- Art is largely a matter of haircut -- What's the use? -- Is there a personal devil? -- The consultation -- Ex libris -- Ali Baba -- Art as I have found it -- Books to burn -- Ali Baba in full Levant -- Every know a boost -- The Fra de luxe.

Subject:

Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915.
Authors, American 19th century Biography.
Authors, American 20th century Biography.
Écrivains américains 19e siècle Biographies.
Écrivains américains 20e siècle Biographies.
Authors, American
Printers United States Biography.
Roycroft Campus (East Aurora, N.Y.)
New York (State) East Aurora Roycroft Campus

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies
Books.
Case bindings (Binding)
Blind tooled bindings (Binding)
Printed paper labels (Binding)
Inscriptions (Provenance) MB

Holdings:

Location: Library main 82841
Call No.: ID:86-B16043
Status: Available