Orpheus C. Kerr 
Cloven Foot, an Adaptation of the English Novel, the Mystery of Edwin Drood, (Z11 [PDF ebook] 
By Charles Dickens to American Scenes, and Customs and Nomenclature

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. It is because his Adaptation of 7715 Mystery of Edwin Brood serves, in unavoidable proportion to its fidelity, to make prominent the artistic infelicities of the latter, that the adapter has ventured such a preface as the foregoing to his apology for turning the serious work of an illustrious foreign writer to ludicrous native use.