The isle of content & other waifs of thought

Concorde, Mass: The Erudite Press, 1902. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With 3 full-page illustrations, 2 of which are photographic. Contemporary boards, re-backed and re-cornered; interior with minor staining and browning, repair to a tear in pp. 13-14. First and only edition of one of the earliest books published by the Erudite Press of Concorde, Massachusetts. A group of 25 “reflections” in the form of short stories, essays and poems from Butler (1857-1921), a physician and former editor of The Medical Standard. Titles include The isle of content, a fantasy; Roses and thorns; The tick of the clock, a reverie of a life; What’s the use?; Mental jaundice; No sentiment in business; Victory; The value of doubt; A heart’s tribute; and The blending of the streams, a fantasy, to name but a few.

Butler (1857-1921) was a prolific author, publishing numerous books including Every boy’s book and Every girl’s book; The exploits of a physician detective; A text-book of materia medica, therapeutics, and pharmacology; and How the mind cures ; a consideration of the relationship between your outside and your inside individualities and the influence they exercise upon each other for your physical and mental welfare.

The Erudite Press is still operating today; it is the non-fiction arm of Hydra Publications, known for their thriller, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy books.