Hi Brian,
A great find! I don't recognize it at all. But a quick Google search
leads me to this page, which identifies it as by a certain Esternik (?) and
says it appeared in the September 30, 1893 issue of the Dallas Morning
News.
http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/?p_field_base-0=gblname&action=search&p_text_base-0=Esternik&kbid=5747&s_referrer=daddezio02&
Cheers,
Art
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Brian Taves <briantaves1879~at~yahoo.com>wrote:
> The attached is from an obscure 1895 newspaper, the first of a three-part
> serialization of a (supposedly) Verne story. It has been recently
> republished in an anthology as an authentic Verne story. Anyone recognize
> it or any detail? There were some faux-Verne that expanded from short
> stories or extrapolated from novels in US journals, so it may belong in
> this category -- if it is Vernian at all.
>
> Brian Taves
>
>
Received on Wed 09 May 2012 - 17:10:12 IDT