Aleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale

TitleAleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale
Year for Search1883
AuthorsLach-Szyrma, Rev. W[ladjslaw] S[omerville](1841-1915)
Tertiary AuthorsLach-Szyrma, Rev. W. S.
Date Published1883
PublisherWyman and Sons
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

Eutopia. Continuation of his 1874 A Voice From Another World. See also his 1887 "Letters from the Planets." Includes a voyage around the solar system with visits to Mars and Venus (both eutopias), Earth, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and some of the moons of the latter two. The eutopias are both based on religion. He describes the eutopia on Venus as one of the perfection of "a future state" (i. e. heaven) and the one on Mars as "a more practical Utopia, implying the tendencies of human progress, and suggesting improvements for human society as it now exists" (viii).

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Author Note

The author (1841-1915)  was an Anglican clergyman.

Full Text

1883 Lach-Szyrma, Rev. W[ladjslaw] S[omerville] (1841-1915). Aleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale. London: Wyman and Sons. L, LLL, PSt

Eutopia. Continuation of his 1874 A Voice From Another World. See also his 1887 “Letters from the Planets.” Includes a voyage around the solar system with visits to Mars and Venus (both eutopias), Earth, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and some of the moons of the latter two. The eutopias are both based on religion. He describes the eutopia on Venus as one of the perfection of “a future state” (i. e. heaven) and the one on Mars as “a more practical Utopia, implying the tendencies of human progress, and suggesting improvements for human society as it now exists” (viii). The author was an Anglican clergyman.