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      SPECIAL NOTICE . In preparation , a Quarto Sixpenny Edition OF THE WRECK OF *» «* THE GROSYENOR . BY W . CLARK BUSSELL , Author of ' John Holdsworth : Chief Mate ] 'A Sailor ' s Stveetheart ' 4 The Lady Mated : PI-FTH EDITIO 1 T . THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR . — ' The most masterly piece of work as a novel of adventure that we have come upon for many a day TOLD WITH MARVELLOUS FORCE AND SPIRIT/—Gbaphic . THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR . — ' The sea and seamen have never been so well described THE AUTHOR HAS DONE FOR THE MERCHANTSAILOR WHAT MARRYAT DID FOR THE MAN-O ' -WAR'S MAN . If Dana and Defoe had written together they could not have produced anything better . The truth , the freshness , and the power of the story are wonderful , but they gain additional charm from the simple and modest manner in which it is told . In short , the book is a true work of art , and of an aTt the secret of which has long been supposed to be lost . The book is a line , wholesome , honest work , HAVING ALL THE RARE QUALITIES OF A MOST ADMIRABLE NOVEL , worthy to bo read even by those who most dread fiction , and to remain , as it wilt , a standard work of its kind/—Vanity Fair . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIVHSTGTON , I Grown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . G . ( 161 ) «^^

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1883, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031883/page/27/