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    II 1522 The Publishers' Circular r > ec . 31 , Iss \\

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    Crown Svo . cloth , with Illustrations , price 7 s . 6 d . n ^ Tq- TP , WRECK OF the'NISERO ' AND OUR CAPTIVITY IN SUMATRA . BY WILLIAM BRADLEY , ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE CREW . Extract from a leading- article in the Daily News of December 20 : — 1 A story -which may in some respects be compared with that of Robinson Crusoe himself is told in a little volume just published by Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . It is entitled " The Wreck of the Nisero and our Captivity in Sumatra , " and is written by W . Bradley , one of the survivors . Mr . Bradley , who was third engineer of the vessel , kept a diary of the sufferings and adventures of the shipwrecked crew during their detention in the island , and the tale is told from these daily records , with a clearness of language , a sharpness of outline and a fulness of detail which Defoe himself has scarcely surpassed . It is clear from Mr . Bradley's narrative that the delay in their rescue was due to the vacillations and greed of the Acheen chiefs . The chiefs were not intentionally unkind to the captives , whose sufferings were due to the climate , the savage life they were compelled to share , and the privations they had to endure . The long period of endurance and suspense was lightened by many incidents of * sport and curious observations and experiences , all of which Mr . Bradley tells in the simple , quiet , and perfectly natural manner which is the charm of his book . The volume will be read with general interest as an account of adventures which not only illustrate the dangers of the seas , but which have added a little to our knowledge of a strange place and people . In fifteen months from , their first starting they had got home again , having in the meanwhile , as Mr . Bradley says in his concluding words , gained the sympathy of two nations and Been adventure enough to last a lifetime / London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON " , SEARLE , & RIVENTGTON , Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street .

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1884, page 1522, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121884/page/34/