The collection of Richard Powers
Anti-Dance Books and Treatises
Chronological listing

1577

John

Northbrooke, Minister

A TREATISE AGAINST DICING, DANCING, PLAYS AND INTERLUDES

London

1702

A Person of Honour

SATYR AGAINST DANCING

London

1773

Taunton Mass.

SUMMONS TO APPEAR IN COURT, FOR DANCING ON NEW YEARS EVE, 1772

Taunton, MA

1785

Abbé François

Gauthier

TRAITÉ CONTRE LES DANSES, ET LES MAUVAISES CHANSONS

Paris

1798

John

Phillips

FAMILIAR DIALOGUES ON DANCING, BETWEEN A MINISTER AND A DANCER

New York

1819

Jacob

Ide

THE NATURE AND TENDENCY OF BALLS : SERIOUSLY AND CANDIDLY CONSIDERED, IN 2 SERMONS

Dedham

1830

Methodist Episc

A SOLEMN WARNING TO DANCERS

New York

1839

Society of Friends of Indiana

THE DISCIPLINE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF INDIANA YEARLY MEETING (anti-dance)

Cincinnati

1847

Nathan Lewis

Rice, D.D.

A DISCOURSE ON DANCING

Cincinnati

1848

Harvey

Newcomb

ANECDOTES FOR GIRLS. (with warnings against dancing)

Boston

1849

Benjamin M.

Palmer

SOCIAL DANCING INCONSISTENT WITH A CHRISTIAN PROFESSION AND BAPTISMAL VOWS

Columbia, SC

1849

J. Townley

Crane

AN ESSAY ON DANCING Philips & Hunt edition

Cincinnati

1852

J. Townley

Crane

AN ESSAY ON DANCING Lane & Scott edition

New York

1855

Gustave

Boullay

RÉFORME DE LA DANSE DES SALONS

Paris

1857

Philip

Anderson, "Honestus"

AN ANSWER TO CERTAIN QUERIES ON DANCING

Richmond, VA

1857

A Young Man

BALLS AND DANCING PARTIES, Condemned by the Scriptures

Boston

1857

W. A.

Miller

BALLS AND THE BALL ROOM, A Sermon

Montpelier

1859

Jacob

Ide, D.D.

BALLS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES, CONSIDERED IN TWO SERMONS

Holliston, MA

1859

Edward D.

Neill

MICHAL, OR FASHIONABLE DANCING, AN UNDIGNIFIED AMUSEMENT FOR A CHRISTIAN

Saint Paul, MN

1860

John T.

Brooke

A LITTLE THING GREAT; or THE DANCE AND THE DANCING SCHOOL

New York

1866

C. B.

NOUVEAU COURS DE DANSE, A L'USAGE DU PEUPLE

NOUVEAU COURS DE DANSE, A L'USAGE DU PEUPLE

Brussels

1867

Rev. John G.

Jones

AN APPEAL TO ALL CHRISTIANS, AGAINST THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL DANCING

Saint Louis

1869

Wm. C.

Wilkinson

THE DANCE OF MODERN SOCIETY

New York

1869

Jas. H.

Brookes

MAY CHRISTIANS DANCE?

Chicago

1870

American Tract

DANCING AS A SOCIAL AMUSEMENT

New York

1872

Rev. T. De Witt

Talmage

THE ABOMINATIONS OF MODERN SOCIETY

New York

1876

Thomas W.

Knox

UNDERGROUND, OR LIFE BELOW THE SURFACE

Hartford

1877

William

Herman

THE DANCE OF DEATH

San Francisco

1877

Rev. J.W.

Bonham

THE TEMPLE OF PLEASURE

New York

1877

Ms. J. Milton

Bowers

THE DANCE OF LIFE, AN ANSWER TO "THE DANCE OF DEATH"

San Francisco

1879

Rev. George C.

Heckman

DANCING AS A CHRISTIAN AMUSEMENT

Philadelphia

1879

Rev. J. B.

Gross

THE PARSON ON DANCING

Philadelphia

1880

J. Townley

Crane

AN ESSAY ON DANCING, Philips & Hunt edition

Cincinnati

1881

Heber

Donaldson

DANCING, IS IT A SIN? TRIAL AND SUSPENSION

Oil City, PA

1882

Rev. S. M.

Vernon, D.D.

AMUSEMENTS, IN THE LIGHT OF REASON, HISTORY AND REVELATION

Cincinnati & New York

1882

Mason

Long

SAVE THE GIRLS

Ft. Wayne, IN

1883

Rev. S. M.

Hammond

THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF THE DANCE

New Haven CT

1884

Wm. C.

Wilkinson

THE DANCE OF MODERN SOCIETY

New York

1884

W. E.

Penn

THERE IS NO HARM IN DANCING

St. Louis, MO

1884

Rev. L. C.

Vass

AMUSEMENTS AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

Philadelphia

1884

T. A.

Faulkner

FROM THE BALL-ROOM TO HELL

Grand Rapids, MI

1886

Richard K.

Fox, publ.

MABILLE UNMASKED, OR THE WICKEDEST PLACE IN THE WORLD

New York

1887

Wm. C.

Wilkinson

THE DANCE OF MODERN SOCIETY

New York

1888

J. W.

Lowber, A. M.

THE DEVIL IN MODERN SOCIETY

Cincinnati

1888

A. C.

Armstrong & Son, publ

TEMPTED LONDON: YOUNG MEN

New York

1889

Rev. T. J.

Bailey

THE MODERN DANCE

Meridian, Miss.

1890

Rev. C. G.

Shutt

DANCING. A TREATISE ON THE EVILS OF THE MODERN DANCE

Northwest Texas

1891

J. H.

Vincent

BETTER NOT. A Discussion of Certain Social Customs ©1888

New York

1891

E. L.

Powell

PERILS OF THE DANCE

Louisville, KY

1893

D. Darrow, publ.

SOCIAL ABOMINATIONS - or - The Follies of Modern Society

St. Joseph, MO

1893

Rev. William W.

Gardner, D.D.

MODERN DANCING: IN THE LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE AND FACTS

Louisville, KY

1894

T. A.

Faulkner

FROM THE BALL-ROOM TO HELL; FACTS ABOUT DANCING

1895

Rev. H. T.

Crossley

PRACTICAL TALKS ON IMPORTANT THEMES with a chapter on The Parlor Dance

St. Thomas, Ontario

1895

T. A.

Faulkner

FROM THE BALL-ROOM TO HELL; FACTS ABOUT DANCING Church Press Edition

Chicago

1895

Rev. H. T.

Crossley

A PRACTICAL DISCUSSION OF THE PARLOR DANCE, THE THEATRE, THE CARDS

Toronto

1895

James H.

Brookes

THE MODERN DANCE

Chicago

1896

T. A.

Faulkner

GATES OF HELL -or- EASTERN BALL ROOM UNMASKED

Columbus, OH

1896

Rev. W. K.

Red

THE DEVIL'S PARLOR - OR - THE BALL ROOM UNMASKED

St. Paris, OH

1896

M. B.

Williams

WHERE SATAN SOWS HIS SEED

Chicago

1896

Rev. Perry

Sinks

POPULAR AMUSEMENTS AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE

Chicago

1898

Jennie C.

Rutty

LETTERS OF LOVE AND COUNSEL FOR OUR GIRLS

Moundsville, WV

1898

James H.

Brookes

THE MODERN DANCE, An Argument and A Warning Against This Social Peril

Chicago

1899

Rev. George

Davis

AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL OF SOCIAL DANCE

Rondout, NY

1901

George J.

Pfefferkorn

IST TANZEN SÜNDE?

Chippewa Falls, WI

1901

Pastor J. M.

Hubbert

DANCERS AND DANCING; A CALM AND RATIONAL VIEW OF THE DANCING QUESTION

Nashville, Tenn

1902

Col. Dick

Maple

PALACES OF SIN, OR THE DEVIL IN SOCIETY

St. Louis

1902

J. Townley

Crane

AN ESSAY ON DANCING Later Jennings & Pye reprint of 1848

Cincinnati

1910

Rev. Don Luigi

Satori

MODERN DANCES

Collegeville, IN

1911

Louise

de Koven Bowen

OUR MOST POPULAR RECREATION CONTROLLED BY THE LIQUOR INTERESTS - A Study of Public Dance Halls

Chicago

1911

William Edward

Biederwolf

THE CHRISTIAN AMUSEMENTS. IS DANCING SINFUL?

Fort Wayne, IN

1911

Rev. M. V.

Williams

THE DANCE HALL: THE RECRUITING STATION OF THE WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC

Athens, PA

1911

The Vice Commi

THE SOCIAL EVIL IN CHICAGO

Chicago

1912

H.W.

Lytle & J. Dillon

FROM DANCE HALL TO WHITE SLAVERY

Chicago

1912

Henry W.

Stough

ACROSS THE DEAD LINE OF AMUSEMENTS. Chapter: The Dance of Death

Toronto

1913

H.W.

Lytle & J. Dillon

FROM DANCE HALL TO WHITE SLAVERY

Chicago

1914

Thomas

Dixon

THE ROOT OF EVIL

1916

T. A.

Faulkner

THE LURE OF THE DANCE with Christ At The Ball

Chicago

1916

Mordecai Fowle

Ham

LIGHT ON THE DANCE - THE MODERN DANCE; A HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL TREATMENT

San Antonio

1917

Louise de Koven

Bowen

THE PUBLIC DANCE HALLS OF CHICAGO

Chicago

1918

Secundus

LETTERS TO A YOUNG MINISTER

Parkersburg, WV

1919

T. A.

Faulkner

THE LURE OF THE DANCE with Christ At The Ball

LaCrosse, WI

1920

John Elward

Brown

SLIME PITS

Siloam Springs, Arkans

1920

Rev. C. Fenwick

Reed

PLAIN TRUTHS ABOUT DANCING

Greencastle, IN

1921

Dr. R. A.

Adams

THE SOCIAL DANCE

Kansas City

1921

M. F. (Mordecai

Ham, Evangelist

LIGHT ON THE DANCE - Where It Came From. What It Is. What It Does.

Anchorage, KY

1921

Rev. Melvin C.

Drumm

THE MODERN DANCE AND WHAT SHALL TAKE ITS PLACE

Centre Hall, PA

1922

Evangelist Harr

Vom Bruch

THE CARNIVAL OF DEATH

New York

1922

T. A.

Faulkner

FROM THE BALL ROOM TO HELL AND THE LURE OF THE DANCE

Marietta, OH

1922

J.W.

Porter

DANGERS OF THE DANCE

Louisville, KY

1922

Evangelist Guy

Lamphear

THE MODERN DANCE, A Fearless Discussion of a Social Menace

Evanston, IL

1923

John S.

Hamilton

A CHRISTIAN AND THE DANCE. CARDS AND THE THEATER

Cleveland

1923

C. H. Jack

Linn

FLIRTING WITH THE DEVIL Part 2: The Dance - The Devil's Hugging Match

Oregon, Wisconsin

1923

Rev. Philip

Yarrow

FIGHTING THE DEBAUCHERY OF OUR GIRLS AND BOYS

Chicago

1925

Rev. Frank

Rector

WHY SINNERS DANCE AND SAINTS SHOULD NOT

Providence, RI

c.

1925

Guy Fitch

Phelps

FIFTEEN POINTS AGAINST DANCING

Washington, DC

1929

Ella

Gardner

PUBLIC DANCE HALLS, THEIR REGULATION AND PLACE IN THE RECREATION OF ADOLESCENTS

Washington, DC

1929

J. Harvey

DeHoney

FROM THE BALL ROOM AND DANCE HALLS TO HELL

Portland, OR

1932

Paul G.

Cressey

THE TAXI-DANCE HALL

Chicago

1934

Church of the Brethren

WHY I DO NOT DANCE and WHY I DO NOT PLAY CARDS

Elgin, IL

1935

John R.

Rice

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE DANCE?

Grand Rapids, MI

1935

John R.

Rice

THE DANCE - A ROAD TO HELL!

Dallas, TX

1938

Johnson

Smith, publ.

THE CONFESSIONS OF A TAXI-DANCER

Detroit

1938

John L.

Bray

IS IT WRONG TO DANCE ?

Spartanburg, NC

1943

Cyrus

Osterhus, ed.

A HUGGING MATCH SET TO MUSIC! "SO YOU DANCE?" WHY?

Minneapolis, MN

1943

Albert G.

Johnson, D. D.

THE CHRISTIAN AND THE AMUSEMENT QUESTION

Portland, OR

1943

John

Dillon

FROM DANCE HALL TO WHITE SLAVERY

Chicago

1945

J. M.

Gaskin, Pastor

THE MODERN DANCE ON TRIAL

Shawnee, OK

1946

Dan

Gilbert, LLD

THE HERITAGE OF HELL. THE MODERN DANCE

Grand Rapids, MI

1946

G.

Mahler

TO DANCE OR NOT TO DANCE

St. Louis

1950

U.E.

Harding

AFTER THE BALL

University Park, Iowa

1950

James R.

McMorrow

FROM THE DANCE FLOOR TO HELL

Ottumwa Iowa

1954

Homer

Martinez

THE CASE ON DANCING

Handsboro, Miss.

1958

Vernon A.

Schutz, Pastor

DANGERS IN DANCING

Wayne, NJ

1958

Gene

Eidson

THE DANCE IS SIN

Buffalo, Missouri

1965

John L.

Bray

IS IT WRONG TO DANCE?

Plant City, FL