Webster Edgerly



Albert Webster Edgerly (December 20, 1852 - November 5, 1926) was an American attorney, actor, author, and health guru, founder of Ralstonism and the Ralston Health Club (under the name Everett Ralston), through which he acted as a promoter of various doctrines for self-improvement (generally under his authorial pseudonym Edmund Shaftesbury).

As Everett Ralston

 * The introductory membership books for the Ralston Health Club, in sundry editions and forms, with titles like General Membership Book of Knowledge of the Ralston Health Club and The Book of Complete Membership in the Ralston Health Club.
 * &mdash; "Presenting a Course of Conduct, Exercises and Study designed to develop perfect health in the physical brain, strength the mind, and increase the power of thought."

As King Wallace
(It is likely that Edgerly wrote as King Wallace, though unconfirmed.)


 * &mdash; a novel about race war between blacks and whites, in which a group of black conspirators plan to poison the whites; this failing, the whites retaliate, committing genocide against all the blacks in the United States. Opens with a statement that the conspiracy against the white race described in the novel is real.