John Beverley Robinson Archives - The Libertarian Labyrinth

John Beverley Robinson in “The Michigan Daily” (1916–1918)

December 27, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] “Engineering News,’” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 35 (November 11, 1916): 4. Tom P. Knockafellow, “Let’s Be a Soldier Boy?” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 93 (February 17, 1917): 5. John Beverley Robinson, “Don’t Be a Brown Bear,” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 94 (February 18, 1917): 5. Publius Croesus, “A Fly in the Ointment,” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 94 (February 18, 1917): 5. N. H. S., “Come to Rescue of Preparedness by Refuting ‘Brown Bear’ Letter,” The Michigan Daily 27 no. 95 (February 20, 1917): 4. E. D. A., “Come to Rescue of […]

John Beverley Robinson, “The Economics of Liberty” (1916)

December 26, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] While this text is fairly widely available online, some key tables, which were folded in the back of the volume, are not. I do have a copy of the original and will take on the delicate task of scanning them at some point in the near future. The other two illustrations can be found at the end of the text. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] The Economics of Liberty by John Beverley Robinson Herman Kuehn 31 Prince Street, Minneapolis 1916 This book is intended to be a brief and clear statement of the system of […]

John Beverley Robinson in “The Architectural Record” (1896–1899)

December 25, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] John Beverley Robinson, “Authority in Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 6 no. 1 (July-September, 1896): 71-76. John Beverley Robinson, “Modern Vault Construction,” Architectural Record 6 no. 4 (April-June, 1897): 447-459. John Beverley Robinson, “Architects’ Houses,” Architectural Record [serial, starting in Vol. 3, p. 188] John Beverley Robinson, “Principles of Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 8 no. 1 (July–September, 1898): 1–25. John Beverley Robinson, “Principles of Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 8 no. 1 (October–December, 1898): 181–223. John Beverley Robinson, “Principles of Architectural Design,” Architectural Record 8 no. 3 (January–March, 1899): 297–331. [/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] Authority in […]

John Beverley Robinson in “Liberty”

December 23, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] John Beverley Robinson: “Consistency,” Liberty 4 no. 25 (July 13, 1887): 8. “A Villain Unmasks,” Liberty 5 no. 5 (October 8, 1887): 6. “A Plea for Non-Resistance,” Liberty 5 no. 14 (February 11, 1888): 5. “Liberty and Aggression,” Liberty 6 no. 12 (February 2, 1889): 4. “The Abolition of Marriage,” Liberty 6 no. 18 (July 20, 1889): 6–7. “Architecture under Nationalism,” Liberty 7 no. 19 (January 10, 1891): 3. “A New Argument against Copyright,” Liberty 8 no. 2 (May 16, 1891): 5. “The Limits of Governmental Interference,” Liberty 8 no. 10 (August 15, 1891): 3–4. […]

John Beverley Robinson, “The New Christianity” (1886)

December 20, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] THE NEW CHRISTIANITY. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. There can be no doubt that a new religion is about to arise, as a natural outgrowth of the extinction of Christianity. For Christianity, in every deep and true sense, is extinct. By the very principle which it battled to maintain—the adequacy of private judgment in matters of doctrine—Protestantism is destroyed. How can one who demands the right of modifying old faiths to suit his private opinion find fault with another who by […]

John Beverley Robinson, “Rebuilding the World” (1916–1917)

December 20, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_third padding=”0 10px 0 0px”][/one_third][two_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] REBUILDING THE WORLD An Outline of the Principles of Anarchism By John Beverley Robinson [“Written while living in Ann Arbor, 1916–1917. (Agnes Inglis)] PRICE 15 CENTS SECOND EDITION I. THE SOCIAL QUESTION. What is the Social Question? The question is this: Why are working people poor people? We are taught to think that anybody can earn an honest living by work; and can gain wealth by hard work; yet we know very well that this is not true. We know that very nearly the opposite is true, that the harder the […]

John Beverley Robinson in “The Engineering Magazine” (1891–1896)

May 9, 2010 Shawn P. Wilbur

“JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON, who takes the radical position of opposition to all building legislation, is an active practising architect of New York, and one whose experience in contact with the intricacies of the New York building law prompted the very striking contribution to our August number which excited the present controversy.”—Engineering Magazine, 1891. John Beverley Robinson, “The Tall Office Buildings of New York,” Engineering Magazine 1 no. 2 (May, 1891): 185–202. John Beverley Robinson, “What is the Use of a Building Law?” Engineering Magazine 1 no. 5 (August, 1891): 656-662. Edward Henry, “What is the Use of Building Laws? Wherein […]