1903 Mountain Walks of a Recluse

Burr, Rev. E. C.; Gilpatric, May S. [Foreword]. Mountain Walks of a Recluse. New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1903. First Edition. [12055] Blue publisher's cloth with red lettering, spine faded, some light scuffing/edgewear, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Illustrated from photographs by John DeCamp. Portrait of the Author as frontispiece, five additional plates (of eight, lacking three). 278 clean and unmarked pp. Good. Hardcover. "Illustrated from Originals by John DeCamp." Letters on the wonders of nature set within Christian themes. Rev. Erastus C. Burr, sometime Episcopal rector of St. Bride's Parish, Norfolk, Virginia. Meanderings and musings upon the mountain regions, with mentions of Caltha Swap, Tor Lake, the Monastery of the Walnut Trees, Needle Rock, Cleft Rock, the South Mountains, Glad Stream Farm, etc. Written as a series of letters to "Wallie," whom may have been a nephew.