Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation: His Wonderful Workings in the Cases of "When Reginald Was Caroline," "How Chopin Came to Remsen," and "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby"

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Overview:

Title: Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation: His Wonderful Workings in the Cases of "When Reginald Was Caroline," "How Chopin Came to Remsen," and "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby"
Author: Edward S. Van Zile
Year: 1903
Publisher: The Smart Set Publishing Co.
Price: $1.25
Pages: 377
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: Perkins, the Fakeer: A Travesty on Reincarnation
Notes:
- 1st edition.
- Information on this book from The Whole Science Fiction Data Base 6, ABE and WorldCat. (Those sources are redundant except for the price.)
- HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of two copies including one from U California with original cover (matches the image linked here): -- title page: "The Smart Set Publishing Co." -- copyright 1900 to 1902 by "Ess Ess Publishing Co." (as publishers of the magazine evidently) -- copyright 1903 by "The Smart Set Publishing Co." -- "First Printing in April" -- Preface, p[7-8], closes "March, 1903."
  
  Preface by Van Z. begins, "In offering to the public in book form the following tales, from the pages of THE SMART SET ...". Each story had been published in a single issue of the monthly magazine (see the novella records). • "When Reginald Was Caroline", 12 chapters here • "How Chopin Came to Remsen", 10 chapters here • "Clarissa's Troublesome Baby", 11 chapters here
  
  There is no list of illustrations. One is the frontispiece; another is a plate not included in the pagination, facing page 220. HathiTrust catalogues "[4] leaves of plates".