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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1457

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      The American Civil War is the subject of Jules Yerne ' s latest book , Worth _against South . We have scarcely turned a page before we are involved in excitement , and go on reading for the marvels that are to be disclosed in adventure and war . The narrative begins at the period

      shortly alter tne opening of hostilities , and M . Verne , with all his force of story - telling and I strong creative ability , j i exciting interweaves incidents the of most the I war on sea and land into ! his graphic fiction . The ! story of the characters ! | reader introduced ' s attention keeps fixed _.. the * throughout . _ _STo work relating to the war has been written with such force , and it is curious that the book should i come from the pen of a : Frenchman . Perhaps it is natural that American's should write with deep gravity upon this _sub-; ject , and this may be _i the cause why most of _i their war-novels which ' \ we have read are more ¦ sentimental Our illustration than dep manl icts y . the first appearance of the famous Monitor . ' The second fight in Hampton Roads had ! been different from the first . On the morning 1 when of the the 9 th Virg of inia March was , ' preparing to attack the _i Minnesota , one of the I two Federal frigates , an enemy , whose presence : was unsuspected by the Southerners , suddenly i appeared before her . A _II strange machine came

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1887, page 1457, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121887/page/35/