A book which has been absolutely boycotted by the literary
reviews of America.
THE PROFITS
OF RELIGION
By UPTON SINCLAIR
A STUDY of Supernaturalism as a Source of Income and a Shield to
Privilege; the first examination in any language of institutionalized
religion from the economic point of view. "Has the labour as well as the
merit of breaking virgin soil," writes Joseph McCabe. The book has had
practically no advertising and only two or three reviews in radical
publications; yet forty thousand copies have been sold in the first
year.
From the Rev. John Haynes Holmes: "I must confess that it
has fairly made me writhe to read these pages, not because they are
untrue or unfair, but on the contrary, because I know them to be the
real facts. I love the church as I love my home, and therefore it is no
pleasant experience to be made to face such a story as this which you
have told. It had to be done, however, and I am glad you have done it,
for my interest in the church, after all, is more or less incidental,
whereas my interest in religion is a fundamental thing. . . . Let me
repeat again that I feel that you have done us all a service in the
writing of this book. Our churches today, like those of ancient
Palestine, are the abode of Pharisees and scribes. It is as spiritual
and helpful a thing now as it was in Jesus' day for that fact to be
revealed."
From Luther Burbank: "No one his ever told `the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth' more faithfully than Upton
Sinclair in `The Profits of Religion.' "
From Louis Untermeyer: "Let me add my quavering alto to
the chorus of applause of `The Profits of Religion.' It is something
more than a book — it is a Work!"
315 pages. Single copy, paper, 60c postpaid; three copies, $1.50;
ten copies, $4.50. By freight or express, collect, 25 copies at 40c
per copy, 100 copies at 38c; 500 copies at 36c; 1,000 copies at 35c.
Single copy, cloth, $1.20 postpaid; three copies, $3.00; ten copies,
$9.00. By freight or express, collect, 25 copies at 80c per copy;
100 copies at 76c; 500 copies at 72c; 1,000 copies at 70c.
UPTON SINCLAIR — Pasadena, California
