A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
James De Mille's satirical lost-world novel, serialized anonymously in 1888 after the author's death. The attribution is documented in De Mille scholarship.
- Original byline
- Anonymous
- Published
- 1888
- Form
- Novels
- Authorship
- Revealed: James De Mille
- Attribution source
- Wikidata P50 (Q4659834); Wikipedia note
- How it came out
- serialized after the author's death; the attribution is documented in De Mille scholarship
- Reason for anonymity
- Unrecorded
- Copyright
- Public domain
- Reference
- Wikipedia · Wikidata
The authorship story
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is a satirical adventure in which sailors recover a castaway's account of an antipodean civilization that worships death and poverty. It ran anonymously as a serial in Harper's Weekly in 1888, after its author had died. The Canadian novelist James De Mille was later established as the writer, and the attribution is documented in De Mille scholarship. The anonymity here was partly circumstance: the manuscript was published posthumously, and the byline followed only once the attribution was settled.
Questions readers ask
Who wrote A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder?
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder was published anonymously and is documented as the work of James De Mille. (serialized after the author's death; the attribution is documented in De Mille scholarship). Source: Wikidata P50 (Q4659834); Wikipedia note.
Can I read A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder for free?
Yes. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is in the public domain and the full text is free to read at Project Gutenberg.
When was A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder published?
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder was published in 1888 without an author’s name.
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