Edward F. Adams, Paul Elder and Company Publishers, San Francisco
1905
WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHOR TO
THE RUSKIN CLUB OF OAKLAND
WHOSE MEMBERS LISTENED SO PATIENTLY TO THE READING OF THIS PAPER AND DANCED ON IT SO BLITHELY THEREAFTER, AS AN INTIMATION OF HIS FERVENT BELIEF THAT NO MORE CHARMING CONVOCATION OF SOCIALISTS, OR ONE MORE HOPELESSLY ENTHRALLED BY THEIR DELUSIONS, EXISTS ON EARTH.