"THAT WE HAVE SERVED A PURPOSE, THAT WE HAVE POSITIVELY APPEARED, THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN FULFILLED IN US—IS NOT THAT ENOUGH?"

BURROUGHS, John. The Light of Day. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Octavo, original olive and brown cloth, top edge gilt. $350.

First edition, signed by John Burroughs and dated by him March 14, 1903, presentation copy with a card laid in printed "With the compliments of the author."

"In his 1900 book, The Light of Day, Burroughs would go on record with his vision of how man's sense of religion must shift with modern times, modern knowledge, and modern needs… he argued that the traditional mythology of religious beliefs was just that, mythology. He admitted the spiritual truths underlying tales of wonder and parables were themselves real and valid. They emanated from the depths of the human mind and had been created to meet certain fundamental psychological needs. While arguing against theology as such, he did not argue against the basic necessity for some religious aspects to life as a comforter and a guide, and way of understanding the universe" (Renehan, 161). BAL 2166.

Very minor wear. An excellent copy.