A Fable of the spider and the bees
Subtitle: verified by the facts and press and pulpit comments which should command the serious attention of every American citizen
By: compiled by the New York National Defense Association
Publisher: The Association
Published: 1881
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
Subjects: Censorship; Society for the Suppression of Vice (New York, N.Y.)
Notes: At head of title: Comstockism with its ignorant censorship of the press exposed.

On cover: Do not fail to read and consider what is presented in this little book.

"Fable from the pen of Dr. E.B. Foote, Sr. ... originally appeared in the Health monthly ..."--p. [2]

The fable is a parable on the suppression of literature, sex education, free thought, and radical social ideas by the web of the Comstock society. Three cases are cited in the second section: the suppression of Foote's marriage pamphlet, the blasphemy trial of D.M. Bennett of the Truth seeker, and the trial of Ezra Heywood for his Cupid's yokes.

McCoy, R.E. Freedom, F188
Table of contents: title: A fable of the spider and the bee; title: Facts which illustrate; title: Comments of the press; title: The pen, pulpit and platform.; title: Lacking final leaf and covers.