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Mr. Isaacs

F. Marion Crawford

First published 1882
Publisher Macmillan and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 316


Crawford's first novel Full title: Mr. Isaacs: A Tale of Modern India

A review of The Witch of Prague (1891) contrasts it with Crawford's handling of the extraordinary in this earlier novel: "Hypnotism may be congratulated on having received the attention of Mr. Marion Crawford. But in proportion as hypnotism may rejoice the art of fiction must grieve. There are two ways of dealing with matters of this kind in fiction; one is right and the other is wrong; one was adopted in Mr. Isaacs, the other in The Witch of Prague. Readers of Mr. Isaacs will not have forgotten the brilliant skill with which matters beyond the range of ordinary experience were worked into the substance of the story without comment, argument, or fancied explanation." (Quoting a note in the later novel: "The deeds recounted are not imaginary. ... all the most important situations have been taken from cases which have come under medical observation within the last few years.") --The Athenaeum 1891-08-22 p2


• The title page lists the publisher as "Macmillan and Co.", but only lists New York. The name in this form is believed to be the UK publisher. Bleiler78 and in his GSF, below, lists London as the city and there are {{OCLC|457280461}} records listing the city as London. Unsure if there was a separate UK publication.
• The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive.

Year Reviewer Publication
1983 Everett F. Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Mr. Isaacs 1969 AMS Press Hardcover Novel 316
Mr. Isaacs: A Tale of Modern India 2004 Project Gutenberg eBook Novel 13340