“Original Unwritten Editorials. The Year Three Thousand; or, Fragments from the Twenty-One Hundred and Fifty Second Volume of the New-York Mirror”

Title“Original Unwritten Editorials. The Year Three Thousand; or, Fragments from the Twenty-One Hundred and Fifty Second Volume of the New-York Mirror”
Year for Search1835
AuthorsV. E. P. U. P., [pseud.]
Secondary TitleThe New-York Mirror: A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts
Volume / Edition13.22
Pagination172
Date PublishedNovember 28, 1835
Annotation

Reports of events, mostly social from the year 3000. Elements of a technological eutopia. War has ended as the result of a weapon that can easily annihilate either side. Naples, which had been destroyed by an eruption of Vesuvius, has been excavated by archaeologists. New York City has a population of ten and a half million. The U.S. produces literature much better than the classics or Shakespeare.

Pseudonym

V. E. P. U. P. [pseud.]

Full Text

1835 V. E. P. U. P. [pseud.]. “Original Unwritten Editorials. The Year Three Thousand; or, Fragments from the Twenty-One Hundred and Fifty Second Volume of the New-York Mirror.” The New-York Mirror: A Weekly Journal, Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts 13.22 (November 28, 1835): 172.

Reports of events, mostly social from the year 3000. Elements of a technological eutopia. War has ended as the result of a weapon that can easily annihilate either side. Naples, which had been destroyed by an eruption of Vesuvius, has been excavated by archaeologists. New York City has a population of ten and a half million. The U.S. produces literature much better than the classics or Shakespeare.