Edward Sellon

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Edward Sellon
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Born 1818
Died 1866
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20 dec 1864: The withdrawal of Mr Sellon’s paper having been announced, it was proposed by Mr Bendyshe, & resolved, that the withdrawal of Mr Sellon’s paper is irregular; and the Secretaries be directed to communicate with Mr Sellon to that effect.
1865.01.03: Mr Sellon’s letter relating to the withdrawal of his paper - on phallic worship – was read, and his paper ordered, in pursuance of the minutes of December 6th, to be read.

Notes From Elsewhere

Edward Sellon (1818 – 1866) was an English writer, translator and illustrator of erotic literature

Publications

External Publications

1848: Herbert Breakspear - a novel about the Mahratta War[disambiguation needed], set in India.
1865: The New Epicurean: The delights of sex, Facetiously and Philosophically Considered, in Graphic Letters Addressed to Young Ladies of Quality - falsely dated "1740", and written as an eighteenth-century pastiche, it is in fact from the pen of Sellon and dates to 1865.[11][12]
1865: "On the Phallic Worship of India", in: Memoirs read before the Anthropological Society of London, Vol. 1, pp. 327–34
1866: The Adventures of a Schoolboy by James Campbell[disambiguation needed] - illustrator.
1866: The New Ladies' Tickler, or Adventures of Lady Lovesport and the Audacious Harry (1866) - dealing with flagellation[13]
1866: Phoebe Kissagen; or the Remarkable Adventures, Schemes, Wiles and Devilries of une Maquerelle being a sequel to the 'New Epicurean, etc.' - falsely dated 1743.[14][15] 1867: The Ups and Downs of Life - an erotic autobiography.[8]
1889: Ophiolatreia: an account of the rites and mysteries connected with the origin, rise, and development of serpent worship in various parts of the world, enriched with interesting traditions, and a full description of the celebrated serpent mounds & temples, the whole forming an exposition of one of the phases of phallic, or sex worship (sometimes ascribed to Hargraves Jennings)
1902: Annotations on the Sacred Writings of the Hindus, being an epitome of some of the most remarkable and leading tenets in the faith of the Hindu people

House Publications

on phallus worship in India To Be Read 20 dec 1864

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