Atalantis. A Novel
| Title | Atalantis. A Novel |
| Year for Search | 1902 |
| Authors | Morrow, Lowell Howard(1870-1951) |
| Date Published | 1902 |
| Publisher | Eastern Publishing Co |
| Place Published | Boston, MA |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | An experiment designed to build a eutopia in the ocean. Initially it appears to have succeeded in that the island of twenty-five acres was built in 1894 (and is sixty-five years old) with fifteen acres for buildings and the rest parks and gardens, with more gardens on the roofs of buildings. The idea was to have a country outside the control of any national jurisdiction. Equality. Low taxes. Very few laws. Freedom of religion. Free love. Gambling is legal, even encouraged. Became a center of corruption. |
| Additional Publishers | Based on a note and sketch "The New Atalantis." Harper's Weekly 38.1957 (June 23, 1894): 596 describing a proposal to build an "ocean-hotel". Reproduced in the "Preface". |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, PSt |
| Author Note | (1870-1951) |
| Full Text | 1902 Morrow, Lowell Howard (1870-1951). Atalantis. A Novel. Boston, MA: Eastern Publishing Co. Based on a note and sketch “The New Atalantis.” Harper’s Weekly 38.1957 (June 23, 1894): 596 describing a proposal to build an “ocean-hotel”. Reproduced in the “Preface”. DLC, PSt An experiment designed to build a eutopia in the ocean. Initially it appears to have succeeded in that the island of twenty-five acres was built in 1894 (and is sixty-five years old) with fifteen acres for buildings and the rest parks and gardens, with more gardens on the roofs of buildings. The idea was to have a country outside the control of any national jurisdiction. Equality. Low taxes. Very few laws. Freedom of religion. Free love. Gambling is legal, even encouraged. Became a center of corruption. |
