“Under this general title Mr. Bailey will present from time to time, in small books, his personal expressions on the important and interesting subjects to which he has devoted his life.” -from the front matter in the first edition of The Holy Earth (1915), pg. ii
The Holy Earth. The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 1. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1915.
Wind and Weather. The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 2. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1916. [Verse.] A handful of these poems republished in 1952 as My Great Oak Tree and Other Poems.
Universal Service: The Hope of Humanity. Ithaca, NY: Self-published; Comstock Publishing, Agents, 1918. By 1919 subtitle removed and book included in The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 3.
What is Democracy? The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 4. Ithaca, NY: Self-published; Comstock Publishing, Agents, 1918.
The Seven Stars. The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 5. New York: Macmillan, 1923.
The Harvest of the Year to the Tiller of the Soil. The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 6. New York: Macmillan, 1927.
The Garden Lover. The Background Books: The Philosophy of the Holy Earth 7. New York: Macmillan, 1928.
The Liberty Hyde Bailey Project 