Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th March 1882, Edition 1 of 1, Page 254

MR . CLARK RUSSELL'S SEA NOVE LS ^ JOHN HOLDSWORTH : WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR . CHIEF MAT E " 3 rd Edition , crown 8 vo . handsomely bound , 6 * . * 3 rd Editioncrown 8 vo . Lanisomely bound in cloth , price 6 * . * We can have no hesitation in pronouncing this narrative touched illustrated « . Fascmatuig The . on author with a , stnking readin considerable of -Joh * psychological . 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We of its finished interest readers | it . te fcbrouga hBnd hand ^ - ^ ' to Mes one -hand which ^ of fight them ^ he gallant with nearl the y till ship hel mutineers and she pless though at through last , and manned the clumsnWs furiouR only by e storm S foS Z power one will do of the the the author same most unconsciously remarkable The interest things never shows about flags he possesses for it a is moment the . We varied , and fee th of aU . e facfc told real and ^ ^ orrors simple triumphantly marv p of £ llous the that scenes / orce serves spirit £ , th which > * e an better springs ^ we f to in a S a ™ leak * { * « m ^ ; as ourselves she leaves part and her parcel mooringr ' of the -place life and on board sails the through « Meteor the , " we author oonld . 8 turn onl for do ju descriptions ^ to of qu through sea 0 tetions -scenery for in which storni paT Z or C calm a " Downs style 'It would , but " to besides - the be noteworthy open anthis d sea 8 ll its . conceptio were The * it " pnly Edinburgh n is for striking the excellence Courant and novel nt . of , excellent not to make * room ^ , story so ^ can unce for only themselvea give with a hWrty theni ' -GRApmc re and ^ ramendation the . rest of Xfa to readers trik ^ i ^ ° « \ r ?? ^^^ ° J % + K The sea and seamen have never been bo well described early and ski 1 ^ minuteness from part v the of the first , ^ voyage somewhat page are ^ to puzzling described the last , with perhaps The a incidents graphic , to landsmen fidelity of the , done toge nor the so for r the so consistently merchant thrilUngt -sailor ye or t so what all effectively possible Marryat , . incidents did The for author the brougM man has - , butwhich the author well verse i m all nautical - > novel teries , , a if decided not prove a success sailor — by , and profession congratulate . We its prophesy author on for having mys this wr o more '_ war tten thorough 8 m togethe an , and single r they - done mind conid it ednesa more not completely have If Dana produced and , because Defoe anything * with had a fairly steal « It f won rom C ' John u his S several spurs Holdsworth hours The " Graphic of ) interested Bleep . . John us Holdsworth so deeply as is to a simple are better woilderfu and The modeBt truth i f h ^ mann t the they freshlie er ga in in which 8 S . additional and it is told power charm . In short from the g tor the the J ^ SSEf < * ^ J ^ Englishiiian ' ^ rtecUy . —The truthful ^ T ? £ , LT and W affectionate ° n and finely . . . has book long is a been true work supposed * of ^ to be Qnd lost of . '— an Vanity arfc the Fair . fc o £ w j , > that The have book appeared is really for one a long oi the time freshest . 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Altogether story . it E is verybody a thoroughly ought to beautiful read it , , 4 th Edition , crown 8 vo . handsomely bound , 6 * . and havin hope everybody that g written , in spite it with . of It a sensational is heart one of ought those trash to books , thank the heart which the of author make romance one for - one most ' One feels anxious cannot obliged to read skip to read In the order sto straight ry to fast find on enough out , even what ; in and is spite to eve happen n of when the , writing is not wholly lost ; a book fit at once for " young men technical details , which are necessarily more or less unintellinger and maidens delightedly , old men over and the children record " of ; for adventure even the , boys and would every novel ligible in to a the landsman ordinar . y sense And yet of the the term book . cannot It is not be called a story a suffered true heart —must that sympathise has grown with to the maturity joy * and — sorrows and therefore of John the with love a plot tale turning has no upon intricacies love . , but There j ? oes is right no plot on , in and it , only an ^ and Dolly . '—The Morning Post . helps to increase the interest of the adventures and to ornftpassed * The for early truthfulness chapters of of d this escription story have . To not read often them been is nearly sur- ment the book by its good taste and simpl The e feeling Athkn . ' -SUM . as "We exhilarating seem to smell as the the run crisp down , healthy Channel salt which breezes they ; our describe blood . fiction * Tliere , from are the few days things of Defoe finer downwards in the whole , than range the of account English in runs believe the in sailors ( our such veins * is dance the like glamour and quicksilver song thrown round ; we over the can capstan our hardly eyes help ; and we joining minds do not ) doubled a In tremendous the wor Cape k be Horn reality fore us — . it of Truth is how not the and like sailing knowledge a powerful ship " ar picture Walderaliare « written , but in ia " that there ever was or ever can be such a thing aa sea-sickness , every line and word . He gives us the sailor as he is , and , a But dread if there of encountering is such a malady it , let , and them if any peruse of the our first readers hundred have and without realise the the least fascination straining of after the poetical sea for those effect , who makes know ua see it , pages of " John Holdsworth . " They will feel almost all tlie not as mere poets or painters , but out of familiar intimacy or delights danger of . a For sea , -voyage alas 1 there without is danger any , of there its disagreeableness is disaster to be with Its most terrible as well as its commonest pLaees Graphic . ' real encountered , disaster as so fcorrible we get further and appal on ling in the , that story we . marvel Danger how so of all ' Let others anyone who read knew the how most to life give -like an pages air of of e Defoe veryday —the raalKJ man so the gh writer astly and can hav terr e ibl written e a tragedy so bright . The and pathos joyous becomes a prelude terror to : of to the Mr . purest Bussell fictions ' s excellent of his sea brain novels —and aiid then he will let soon him read perceive one the made pai with n verges roa * - upon water . agony . . . There . But can shipw be recks no question cannot that be the written difference , and the between simple , the though best sometimes -feigned , truth startling that , truth was ever oi « the vigour in " Don author whioh Juan of reminds , " " the John theme us Holdsw of which the o best rth lie " parts has may des of have cribed the been shi with pw either reck a sto scription thing ry to that ld of by he a the man describes •? who Waldershare has . seen We have or ' s" done running not or space suffere down to d quote nearly ^ J ^ the lf every 1 !?! oe ! - capable heartily right or of w ourselves ron appreciating g to choose that we a . re . shall ally . . We good be have quite novel enjoyed sorry into for whose this all persona book hands so descriptions iceberg from London near must Cape to have Gravesend Horn poetry . But , in or his the of noul her man , encounter as who well wrote aa trutn * tuo J . j" in « ! it does not happen to fall . '—The Standard . his heart * 'A . Sailor * — Standard ' s 8 weeth . eart" is most emphatically an in , _ - Shortly , in 3 vols . price 3 U . 6 d . of manner teresting the story whereby book , because . We the will attention the not main give and ch a arm single expectation of hint the about book are liea the kept oou in » * ^ ^ TH 1 II 17 Ej lutLV T AHV X mH M ATTTI U MJ . « * « , ! onl "train y promim . Ono those never who knows read what the novel ia coming a few n & e ^ * t " . ° . ™ " A » Narrative i . a- Of the .. i _ -i I _ O 88 Of a Schooner o i _ Yaoht %# i ^ . 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