Publisher's Synopsis
Whipping as a Fine Art is one of a series of clandestine Edwardian novels attributed to Charles Sackville following the sexual adventures of Mr. Howard, a young but ferocious disciplinarian in the mould of despotic Victorian fictional flagellants such as Colonel Spanker (Experimental Lecture by Colonel Spanker) and Sir Charles Dacre (The Pleasures of Cruelty). Whipping as a Fine Art was first published c. 1909 in a limited edition of two hundred and fifty copies, "issued to Subscribers Only." Other Charles Sackville titles include: Maud Cameron and her Guardian (1903), Two Lascivious Adventures of Mr. Howard (1907), Mr. Howard Goes Yachting (1907), Three Chapters in the Life of Mr. Howard (1908), The Amazing Chastisements of Miss Bostock (1908), Fantastic Chastisements (1908), and Exquisite Castigation (1909).
