Underbrush

by James Thomas Fields

Second edition. Light essays by James T. Fields 1817-1881 , former partner in the publishing firm of Ticknor & Fields and editor of the Atlantic Monthly. In his essay "If I Were a Boy Again," Fields mentions the importance of using tools and being able to make something. My friend Oliver Wendell Holmes finds such comfort in mending things, when his active brain needs repose, that he sometimes breaks a piece of furniture on purpose that he may have the relief of putting it together again . p.282 . Library numbers written in ink on spine, label removed from front pastedown. Wear to head and tail of spine, some foxing. vi , 303+ 1 pages. decorated cloth, edges stained red. 12mo..

Hardcover

First published July 15, 2015