''The Adventures of Captain Horn'' is an 1895

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that was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895.

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Seventy Years of Best Sellers 1895-1965
p. 91 (1967)Zipes, Jack
When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition, Second Edition
p. 192 (2007) A sequel, ''Mrs. Cliff's Yacht'', was released in 1897.A Library of the World's Best Literature - Ancient and Modern - Vol.XXXV: Southey-Suetonius
p. 13991 (1898?)(2 June 1895)
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