SUBSTANCE AND SHADOW, OR THE REAL AND UNREAL
Book Details + Condition: Printed for the Author by Hunt & Eaton (New York). First Edition, 1894. Hardcover with dark green boards, and gilt to front and spine. 255 pages, with frontis portrait of the author. By John C. Holmes, with an Introduction by Winfield S. McCowan. Author and physician John Holmes offers details into a wide variety of subjects, from the physical world to philosophy and more. Topics include:
- The Land of the Veda and Christian America
- National Degeneration
- Dreaming
- Physiognomy
- Trees
- Creation of the Earth as Described by Pagan Writers
- Most Abused of All Organs
- Freemasonry
- The Sea
- And much more.
Interior hinge cracked but binding remains firm; rubbed corners and edges; light wear to boards, with a bit of discoloration; toned pages; names to ffep; foxing to first few pages; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.
