Erchomenon; or, The Republic of Materialism

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TitleErchomenon; or, The Republic of Materialism
Year for Search1879
Authors[Watson], [Henry Crocker Marriott](1835-1901)
Tertiary Authors* * * *, [pseud.]
Date Published1879
PublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Australian author, Male author
Annotation

Eutopia/dystopia six hundred years in the future in which everyone lives in cities, there is a religion of humanity based on Auguste Comte (1798-1857), and children are raised by women other than their natural mother. The protagonist, from the past and a Christian, sees the society as a dystopia and at the end of the book is introduced to a "Christian Village", where the old, better ways are practiced. It all turns out to be a dream.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 1: 275-347. Editor's notes, 273, 355-56.
Pseudonym

* * * * [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

L, O, PSt
Author Note

The author (1835-1901) was born in Australia and moved to Aotearoa/New Zealand in the early 1870s and later returned to Australia where he died. 
Full Text

1879 [Watson, Henry Crocker Marriott] (1835-1901). Erchomenon; or, The Republic of Materialism. By * * * * [pseud.]. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Rpt. in Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 6 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2009), 1: 275-347. Editor’s notes, 273, 355-56. L, O, PSt

Eutopia/dystopia six hundred years in the future in which everyone lives in cities, there is a religion of humanity based on Auguste Comte (1798-1857), and children are raised by women other than their natural mother. The protagonist, from the past and a Christian, sees the society as a dystopia and at the end of the book is introduced to a “Christian Village”, where the old, better ways are practiced. It all turns out to be a dream. The author was born in Australia and moved to Aotearoa/New Zealand in the early 1870s and later returned to Australia where he died.