The RedBadge of Courage, by the American, Stephen Crane, tells aboutayoungsoldierinthe War between the States who runsawaythe first time he is in battle.
The monthly was a Ben Franklinesque periodical larded with aphorisms about life, health and business, as well as essays by Hubbard and guest writers like StephenCrane, along with ads for the Roycrofters.
By 1886 he had joined the ranks of Americans in London among whom were also Henry James, StephenCrane, James McNeill Whistler, Mark Twain and, later on, T.