*Ed: I have been unable to view this issue of The London to verify that it contains 'just' the review/synopsis of Five Weeks in a Balloon.

Shelfmark(s): General Reference Collection P.P.6004.goa.

Related Titles: The London: a first-class magazine.

Subjects: Periodical publications.- London.In the British Library there is a listing: Palgrave Simpson.Īdverts discovered by Andrew Nash, October 2018 On Saturday, October 31 st, price Sixpence, No 1 of a New This entry is the information for that FIRST UK publication of the review/synopsis Five Weeks In A Balloon. The first english review/synopsis of Five Weeks in a Balloon (that appears in the entry below) refers to 'The London' as the source for its review. Berne, as in the later 1868 appearance Andrew Nash DiscoveryĮd: The Five Weeks in a Balloon synopsis, that was originaly identified as appearing in 1868, with no author credited, actually first appeard in 1863 crediting the author as Sir Lascelles WraxallĪbove is the ad from the The Daily News, Londonįive weeks in a Balloon is No. IN this appearance, the author of Five Weeks in a Balloon, 'Ad-Promotion' in Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, ġ863, October (on newsstands September 28)ġ863 Bound Volume, August-November, Vol VIIIįive Weeks in a Balloon - Synopsis, by Sir Lascelles Wraxall - ġ863 (MDCCCLXIII), October (on newsstands Sept 28) The Uttoxeter New Era, and General AdvertiserĪd for October St James's magazine lists Five Weeks in a Balloon (synopsis) by Sir Lascelles Wraxall, Bart.

So similar to above, probably uses Public Opinion as its source!!! The Newsletter of the North American Jules Verne Society! ***************************************************ġst mention of Five Weeks in a Balloon, EVER in the English pressĪppearing in the 'Varieties' column, 'Literary' section: The first mention of Five Weeks in a Balloon, EVER, in the English press has now been identified as January 31, 1863, 5 years before the first assumed appearance in 1868! AND the review, that was originally noted as 1st appearing in December, 1868, actually appeared, with credit to its Author, in October, 1863 (actually Sept 28, 1863) All this information appears in the Summer 2021 edition of Voyages Extraordinaires

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne