Book Notes

• • The first published book by Atkins, WorldCat library records imply
  • "Second Edition This Day" heads publisher advertisement The Scotsman 1896-12-10 p7 -- gives subtitle "A Romance of Adventure in Venezuela and British Guiana" -- Cloth Gilt, 6s -- "With illustrations by Fred Hyland." (only)
  • "2nd ed" (London) dated 1897 by one WorldCat library, 228507098 -- gives subtitle "a romance of British Guiana" -- xx+392 implies Preface (same as 1st US ed.) -- credits both illustrators (same as 1st US ed.)
  • "3rd ed" (London) undated by another, 16744060 -- gives subtitle "a novel" -- xx+392; no illustrator credit

Synopsis

• One of FA's "three Lost-World novels"; "The first and most successful of the three was The Devil Tree of El Dorado: A Romance of British Guiana (1896), which capitalized on the contemporary interest in the Roraima Plateau lying athwart the disputed border between Venezuela and the British colony; Monella, the mysterious giant who leads Europeans to their goal, turns out to be the 2000 year old ex-king of all they now survey, and a kind of Wandering Jew. (underscore represents linked cross-reference) --SFE: "Aubrey, Frank" biographical entry by John Eggeling
• "A novel might explain the Venezuelan complication [border dispute], and it is perhaps with that end in view that the Messrs. Hutchinson have published 'The Devil Tree of El Dorado, the scene of which is placed in Brazil, Venezuela, and British Guiana." --NY Times 1896-10-31 pA2 "Books and Authors"

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