De Mille, a Canadian professor and novelist, demonstrated with this posthumously published novel, a profound understanding of classical literature and societal observation.

James De Mille (23 August 1833 - 28 January 1880) was a professor at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and an early Canadian popular writer who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is perhaps James De Mille’s most popular book; sadly, De Mille didn’t get to see this novel grow in popularity, as it was first serialized posthumously, in Harper’s Weekly.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the most popular book by James De Mille. It was serialized posthumously and anonymously in Harper's Weekly, and published in book form by Harper and Brothers of New York City during 1888.

Cord and Creese - James De Mille - He had a face of rather unusual appearance, and an air which in England is usually considered foreign.

Four yachtsmen find a manuscript sealed in a copper cylinder.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the most popular book by James De Mille.

The tale within the cylinder was, we come to know, written by one Adam More: a British Sailor who, on his return voyage home from Tasmania, finds himself shipwrecked.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the most popular book by James De Mille.

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the most popular book by James De Mille.