A JOURNEY TO NATURE

by Mowbray, J.P. (pseud.)

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NY:: Doubleday Page,, 1902. Hardcover; Hamilton College (NY) bookplate; brightly gilt-stamped decorated cover; age-soiled spine ends lightly worn, spine gilt dull; contents lightly age-toned; otherwise good.. Chapter head- & tail-pieces in b&w by Chas. E. Hooper. First issued 1901. ||| Andrew C. Wheeler (1835-1903), writing as `Mowbray,' tells of a young Wall Street denizen devoted to making money, who so fears his possible death that he heeds doctor's advice & lives a year in the country rebalancing his priorities. ||| Wheeler, journalist / drama critic / Civil War correspondent, began writing for N.Y. Times in 1857; later for Pulitzer's `World' newspaper. During `The Gilded Age' he viewed Journalism, & Business in general, with increasing cynicism.