TY - ABST T1 - The Decline and Fall of the British Empire; or, the Witches Cavern Y1 - 1890 A1 - H[enry] C[rocker] M[arrriott] W[atson] (1835-1901) KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

Socialism and a lack of both religion and authority cause the collapse of Britain. Britain failed to educate its people so that democracy could function correctly. Climatic changes brought about by the movement of the Gulf Stream away from Britain and the resulting colder weather led to mass immigration and the collapse of commerce. The class structure in Britain divides people. The protagonist visits Britain in 2990 and the Britain of the nineteenth century in a dream. Australia in 2989 is prosperous and healthy with religion and authority as seen in a tour of Australia taken in what is called an electric car but runs on a schedule and has a guard. The poor in Australia are given assistance as a right. 

PB - Trischler & Co. CY - London N1 -

Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 3: 59-217. Editor's notes, 57-58, 392-95. U.S. eds. as The Decline and Fall of the British Empire. By An English Premier [pseud.]. Minerva Series. No. 36. November, 1890. New York: Minerva, 1890; and The Witch's Cavern, A Realistic and Thrilling Picture of London Society. By One Who Knows [pseud.]. New York: Minerva, 1890.

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U.S. reprints published under: An English Premiere [pseud.] and One Who Knows [pseud.]

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Adventures in New Guinea: The Narrative of Louis Trégance, A French Sailor: Nine Years in Captivity Among the Orangwöks, a Tribe in the Interior of New Guinea Y1 - 1876 A1 - H[enry] C[rocker] M[arrriott] W[atson] (1835-1901) ED - Henry Crocker, ed. [pseud.] KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Australian author KW - Male author AB -

Typical lost race dystopia. See also 1879 and 1890 Watson.

PB - Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington CY - London U3 -

Ed. Henry Crocker [pseud.]

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