History of Vegetarianism - The Vegetarian (1888-1903)

International Vegetarian Union (IVU)


	Europe: late 19th Century The Vegetarian (1888-1903)

The Vegetarian was a weekly newspaper started in 1888 by Arnold F. Hills, who was also the President of the London Vegetarian Society. The paper carried news of LVS but remained independent, it closed in 1903 when Hills suffered financial problems.

There are no complete scans of any issues, but below are some extracts, much of it relating to the Vegetarian Federal Union which was run from the same offices as LVS:

1889

July 13 - Preliminary LVS Committe meeting and Draft Constitution of 'The Vegetarian Union'
August 3 - Pre-Congress Notices and Program - for the 1st International Vegetarian Congress, Cologne, Germany
September 28 - Report on the Congress - as above
October 12 - Inaugural meeting and Constitution of the 'Vegetarian Federal Union' - London, October 1
November 2 - 2nd VFU meeting, Manchester, October 21
December 21 - The Vegetarian Federal Union, its possibilities and its policy - by Arnold Hills
December 21 - Leo Tolstoi

1890

January 18 - 3rd VFU Meeting, London, January 7
January 23 - Count Tolstoi and his Work
January 25 - The Work in Australia
April 26 - The Vegetarian Movement in Germany
May 31 - Report of the innaugural meeting of the Irish Vegetarian Union
May 31 - 4th VFU Meeting, Norwich, May 20, 1890
September 6 & 20 - 5th VFU Meeting, London, September 10
September 6 & 13 - Programme of Proceedings - for the 2nd International Vegetarian Congress, London
September 20 - Report of the Congress - as above

1891

January - The Staff of Life (wholemeal bread) - a paper read at the 2nd International Veg Congress, London 1890, by Miss May Yates, UK
February 7 - Indian Vegetarians - M.K.Gandhi, part I (Gandhi was a member of the LVS Committee at this time),
February 14 - Indian Vegetarians - Gandhi, part II
February 21 - Indian Vegetarians - Gandhi, part III
February 28 - Indian Vegetarians - Gandhi, part IV
March 7 - Indian Vegetarians - Gandhi, part V
March 14 - Editorial comment about Gandhi
March 14 - Indian Shepherds - Gandhi, part VI
March 28 - Some Indian Festivals - Divali - Gandhi
April 25 - Some Indian Festivals - Holi - Gandhi
May 9 - VFU Annual meeting, Portsmouth, May 5th & 6th, 1891
May 23 - VFU Secretary's Report read at the Portsmouth meeting
June 13 - Editorial comment about Gandhi leaving England, and report of the farewell dinner
June 13 - Our Workers - (an extensive interview with Gandhi, part 1)
June 20 - Mr. Gandhi's Narrative (concluded)
October 3 - Notes from Australia
October 17 - VFU half yearly meeting, Cambridge, October 8th

1892

April 9 - On my way home again to India (June 1891) - M.K. Gandhi
April 16 - On my way home again to India (concluded) - Gandhi
June 4 - VFU Annual Meeting, London, May 26
November 12 - Semi-annual VFU Meeting - London, November 7

1893

January 28 - VFU Annual Meeting - London, January 23
April - Pre-Congress Notices - for the 3rd International Vegetarian Congress, Chicago, USA
July 1 - Report from the Organising Secretary - on the above Congress
July 22 - VFU Semi-annual meeting - London, July 15
July 29 - English Misrule in India - Gandhi
August/September - To Chicago ! - extracts from a series of articles about the trip
September 23 - The Vegetarian Annexe at the World's Fair - at the Chicago Congress
September 23 - VFU Executive Committee meeting - September 15, London
November 4 - VFU Autumn Congress - October 24, Bolton

1894

January 27 - VFU Annual Meeting - January 18, London
April 28 - To Indians in England (from South Africa) - Gandhi
August 18 - Natural Food - introduction only of a talk by Herr Von Seefeld, Germany, from the 2nd International Vegetarian Congress, London, 1890
December 1 - VFU Autumn Congress - November 21, Brighton

1895

January 26 - VFU Annual Meeting and Congress - January 17, London
March 23 - VFU Executive and Editorial Committees - March 11 & 15, London
May 18 - A Band of Vegetarian Missionaries, and their work in South Africa - Gandhi
July 6 & 13 - VFU Semi-annual meeting - July 19, 1895, London
November 30 - VFU Autumn Congress - November 21, Birmingham
December 21 - Vegetarianism in Natal (South Africa) - Gandhi

1896

February 1 - VFU Annual Meeting - January 24, London
March 28 - Vegetarianism - copy of a letter to the Editor of the Natal Mercury - Gandhi
August 1 - VFU Semi-annual meeting - July 24, London
August 29 - Our Jubilee - by A. F. Hills. VFU fund for the coming 50th anniversary of the Vegetarian Society in 1897.
September 26 - VFU Committee Meeting - September 16, London
November 7 - VFU Autumn Congress - November 5th, Bristol
December 12 - VFU Commitee Meeting - November 20, London

1897

August/September - The Congress Programme and some pre-Congress notices - for the 4th International Vegetarian Congress, London
September 25 - The Exhibition, The President's Address and Conversazione (Monday)
September 25 - A Day of "Papers" (Tuesday)
September 25 - Wednesday's Proceedings
September 25 - Thursday - A Day Off
September 25 - The Last Day (Friday)
October 2 - As Others See Us - the Press and the Congress
October 9 - Vegetarians Only!!! - more from the Congress
November 11 - Count Tolstoi's Socialism
March to December - VFU Meetings and reports from 1897

1898

January to August - VFU Meetings and reports from 1898
November/December - National Congress, London, and further meetings, 1898

1899

July - December - Notes about VFU from 1899

1900

February/March - VFU Annual and Committee meetings, January - March
April 14 & 21 - Two VFU leaflets from 1900: "A Plan of Campaign" (about VFU) and "How to Form a Local Society"
May/June - VFU Committe and pre-congress notes
Dec.1897 to May 1900 - Pre-Congress notes - for the 5th International Vegetarian Congress, Paris, 1900
July 7 - Brief Congress Report
July 14 - Congress Programme
July-Dec - VFU Commitee minutes July-December 1900

1901

February 6 - Relics of Paris Exhibition - from the Intl Veg Congress, Paris, 1900
February to April - Notes from VFU, 1901

1902

April to September - Notes from VFU, 1902

1903

April 25 - Facts for Emigrants to South Africa - Gandhi
May to November - Notes from VFU, 1903

The Vegetarian announce that it was changing from weekly to monthy, due to lack of funds, but seems to have ceased publication soon after. The London Vegetarian Society published Vegetarian News from 1920 to 1958.