Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation
| First published | 1903 |
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| Publisher | The Smart Set Publishing Co. |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 377 |
| Price | $1.25 |
- Collection of 3 linked stories --SFE3, without comment on the link
- The 1903 title page displays the title on six lines without the two colons or the last two commas, with the last four lines inside a solid line rectangle.
- The novellas were first published in The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness (The Smart Set), without illustrations: • "When Reginald Was Caroline", July 1900 • "How Chopin Came to Remsen", December 1901 • "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby", July 1902 HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of these issues. See the story records, and magazine publication records in turn.
- 1st edition.
- Information on this book from The Whole Science Fiction Data Base 6, ABE and WorldCat. (Those sources are redundant except for the price.)
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HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of two copies including one from U California with original cover (matches the image linked here):
-- title page: "The Smart Set Publishing Co."
-- copyright 1900 to 1902 by "Ess Ess Publishing Co." (as publishers of the magazine evidently)
-- copyright 1903 by "The Smart Set Publishing Co."
-- "First Printing in April"
-- Preface, p[7-8], closes "March, 1903."
Preface by Van Z. begins, "In offering to the public in book form the following tales, from the pages of THE SMART SET ...". Each story had been published in a single issue of the monthly magazine (see the novella records). • "When Reginald Was Caroline", 12 chapters here • "How Chopin Came to Remsen", 10 chapters here • "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby", 11 chapters here
There is no list of illustrations. One is the frontispiece; another is a plate not included in the pagination, facing page 220. HathiTrust catalogues "[4] leaves of plates".
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 455 - 723) |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | When Reginald Was Caroline | Edward S. Van Zile | Novella |
| 167 | How Chopin Came to Remsen | Edward S. Van Zile | Novella |
| 279 | Clarissa's Troublesome Baby | Edward S. Van Zile | Novella |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation: His Wonderful Workings in the Cases of "When Reginald Was Caroline," "How Chopin Came to Remsen," and "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby" | 2017 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 55123 |