“One of the supreme pleasures available to man is knowledge, discipline, intelligence guiding the hand to create beautiful and intellectually desirable objects.” - Lewis Allen Dear Rare Reader, This blog post is the second in a three-part series. To read the preceding post, click here. — As we learned last week,...

The Lake of Beauty Stephanie Wolff Norwich, VT: Stephanie Wolff, 2015 Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) was born in England. His philosophical writings reflected his interests in social and sexual reform and the late 19th-century anti-industrial Arts and Crafts Movement. In rebellion against Victorian prudery and industrial dehumanization, Carpenter was...