in the 11th edition. McCabe similarly accused the Columbia Encyclopedia of bias towards the Catholic Church in 1951. These and similar actions have made him be termed a "Catholic basher" by his Christian critics. Biographer Bill Cooke, however, disputes the allegation, citing McCabe's opinion that "Catholics are no worse, and no better, than others", and "I have not the least prejudice against the Catholic laity, which would be stupid." Spiritualism In 1920 McCabe publicly debated the Spiritualist Arthur Conan Doyle on the claims of Spiritualism at Queen's Hall in London. McCabe later published his evidence against Spiritualism in a booklet entitled Is Spiritualism Based on Fraud?. McCabe had exposed the tricks of fraud mediums and wrote that Spiritualism has no scientific basis. His article Scientific Men and Spiritualism is a skeptical analysis of the subject and a look at how various scientists such as William Crookes and Cesare Lombroso had been duped into believing Spiritualism by mediumship tricks. He also wrote the book Spiritualism: A Popular History from 1847. Works The 'Big Blue Books': (a selection of titles available online) The Vatican's Last Crime How the Pope Of Peace Traded In Blood How the Cross Courted The Swastika For Eight Years The Vatican Buries International Law Hitler Dupes The Vatican Treitschke and the Great War The War And Papal Intrigue The Pious Traitors Of Belgium And France The Pope And The Italian Jackal Atheist Russia Shakes The World Fascist Romanism Defies Civilization The Totalitarian Church Of Rome The Tyranny Of The Clerical Gestapo Rome Puts A Blight On Culture The Church The Enemy Of The Workers The Church Defies Modern Life The Holy Faith Of Romanists How the Faith Is Protected The Artistic Sterility Of The Church The Fruits Of Romanism Some Other Works: Twelve Years in a Monastery, Smith, Elder & Co (1897) The Religion of Woman: an Historical Study, Watts & Co., introduction by Lady Florence Dixie See List of names in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists (Note that online sources often erroneously date this work to 1920, confusing it with his Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists.) Luther Burbank Speaks Out See also List of names in A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists References Bibliography Cooke, Bill (2001). A Rebel to His Last Breath: Joseph McCabe and Rationalism. Prometheus Books. External links Checklist of the Little Blue Books – lists little blue books including Joseph McCabe's, not