1862
NORTH AMERICA | By | Anthony Trollope, | Author of | “The West Indies and the Spanish Main,” “Doctor Thorne,” “Orley Farm,” etc. | In Two Volumes. | London: | Chapman & Hall, 193 Piccadilly. | 1862. | [The right of Translation is reserved.]
8vo. Vol. I., pp. viii.; folding map, 467; Vol. II., pp. viii, 494 (Appendices A, B, and C, pp. 467-494.)
On the outbreak of the War of Secession in 1861 Trollope applied for nine months’ leave of absence from the Post Office and visited America, writing as he went from State to State. It is interesting to note that, contrary to the very strong feeling in England in favour of the South, he felt with and prophesied the victory of the North. The book met the demand of the moment; second and third editions were published in the same year, and Trollope received £1250.