"Five Hundred Years Hence!"
| Title | "Five Hundred Years Hence!" |
| Year for Search | 1818 |
| Authors | D., [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature |
| Volume / Edition | 2.4, 12 |
| Pagination | 195-98. Plus “Observations on the preceding Article” 314-19 entitled “Inventions and Improvements. Five Hundred Years Hence!" |
| Date Published | 1818 |
| Annotation | On October 1, 2318, London is an "obscure village" surrounded by ruins. Oxford has only one college left which enrolled three students in 2318. U.S., Canada, and Mexico are flourishing and a trip to the moon has been made from the U.S. A satire on the story is “America in the Year 2318--a Quiz.” The Bee (Liverpool) 1.4 (1820): col. 244-47. (L) |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in The Shilling Shockers: Stories of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks. Ed. Peter Haining (London: Victor Gollancz, 1979), 170-80. |
| Info Notes | Continued as "Observations on the preceding Article" (198-200), 314-19 entitled "Inventions and Improvements. Five Hundred Years Hence! (Being a continuation from page 198.). |
| Pseudonym | D [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Full Text | 1818 D. [pseud.]. “Five Hundred Years Hence!” The Pocket Magazine of Classic and Polite Literature 2.4, 12 (1818): 195-98 “Observations on the preceding Article” (198-200), 314-19 entitled “Inventions and Improvements. Five Hundred Years Hence! (Being a continuation from page 198.). Rpt. in The Shilling Shockers: Stories of Terror from the Gothic Bluebooks. Ed. Peter Haining (London: Victor Gollancz, 1979), 170-80. L On October 1, 2318, London is an “obscure village” surrounded by ruins. Oxford has only one college left which enrolled three students in 2318. U.S., Canada, and Mexico are flourishing and a trip to the moon has been made from the U.S. A satire on the story is “America in the Year 2318--a Quiz.” The Bee (Liverpool) 1.4 (1820): col. 244-47. (L) |
