(Ethel Lynn Lynton) 1873 THE TRUE HISTORY OF JOSHUA DAVIDSON, COMMUNIST. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

(Lynton, Ethel Lynn). The True History of Joshua Davidson, Communist. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873.
The novel addresses social and political themes related to communism, a topic of growing interest and controversy in the late 19th century.
Published anonymously by Elizabeth Lynn Linton (1822-1898), a prolific English novelist, essayist, and journalist. She was known for her controversial and often conservative views, particularly on women's rights and social issues. This novel, exploring communism, represents her engagement with the political ideas of her time.
The publication of this work by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in Philadelphia indicates its distribution to an American audience, suggesting that themes of communism and social reform were of interest to readers on both sides of the Atlantic. The 1873 publication date places this novel in the context of growing labor movements and social unrest in both the United States and Europe.

Linton's choice to publish anonymously for this work may have been motivated by the controversial nature of its subject matter, or to separate it from her other literary endeavors.

This novel would be of interest to scholars studying 19th-century political literature, the reception of communist ideas in America, and the literary treatment of social movements during this period.