[Stone, Charles John.]

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE BATTLE OF DORKING: REMINISCENCES OF A VOLUNTEER. BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE VICTORY AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS

      New York: George Routledge & Sons,. 1871. original gray wrappers printed in black.. Minute chip to lower right corner of front cover, else a fine copy.. (#95836). First U.S. edition. A sequel and reply to Chesney's THE BATTLE OF DORKING (1871). Efficient British volunteers rout the German invaders. "One of the better Dorking documents, nicely written, realistic, and imaginative, with even moments of humor." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 2111. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 6. Clarke, Voices Prophesying War: Future Wars 1763-3749 (1992), p. 225. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 13. Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 83. Reginald 15187. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).