Aleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale
Title | Aleriel; or, A Voyage to Other Worlds. A Tale |
Year for Search | 1883 |
Authors | Lach-Szyrma, Rev. W[ladjslaw] S[omerville](1841-1915) |
Tertiary Authors | Lach-Szyrma, Rev. W. S. |
Date Published | 1883 |
Publisher | Wyman and Sons |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English 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). |
Holding Institutions | L, LLL, PSt |
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. 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. |