Title: From a Private Mad-House

Title: From a Private Mad-House Title Record # 1478287
Author: Humphry Repton
Date: 1788-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: The title page of the first edition of "Variety" shows the year 1788, but states that the book was written 1787. Some sources indicate that the story was originally credited to "Anna Seward", but the Google Books scan shows that it was signed "J. Unaticus" and no other attribution could be found in the otherwise uncredited book.

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Year	Title
1788^ⓘDate from Sphere edition of "Far Boundaries".	From a Private Mad-House [as by Humphrey Repton]
1788^ⓘOriginally credited in "Variety" as by "J. Unaticus". Some source claim that it was attributed to "Anna Seward", but this name couldn't be found in the otherwise uncredited anthology.	Voyage to the Moon, in a Balloon [as by J. Unaticus]

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Variety: A Collection of Essays	1788-00-00	ed. uncredited	T. Caddell		3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	297	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth
Far Boundaries: 20 Science-Fiction Stories	1951-04-00	ed. August Derleth	Pellegrini & Cudahy		$2.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 292	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Vincent Napoli
Far Boundaries	1965-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Consul Books	1443	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	232+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ken Freeman
Far Boundaries	1965-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Consul Books	1443	6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	232+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ken Freeman
Far Boundaries	1967-00-00	ed. August Derleth	Sphere	28924	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	219	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Far Boundaries	1967-10-00	ed. August Derleth	Sphere	28924	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	219	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1991) in Science Fiction: The Early Years