The Ethics of Diet A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating

First published in 1883, thisvolume was written by the English humanitarian and vegetarian Howard Williams andcontains a definitive history of vegetarian thought and philosophy. The author compiled a thorough anthology that helped to galvanize the vegetarian movement into the 20th century, tracing the movement's roots back to Hesiod in the eighth century BCE. Later editions included the writings of Anna Kingsford and Henry DavidThoreau.