Future Life; or, Scenes in Another World
| Title | Future Life; or, Scenes in Another World |
| Year for Search | 1858 |
| Authors | Wood, George(1799-1870) |
| Date Published | 1858 |
| Publisher | Derby and Jackson |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Heaven but presented as a eutopia of art and beauty. "Michael Angelo" has built a new St. Peter's, and the people enjoy a new oratorio by Handel, ably assisted by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Discussion of a wide variety of subjects with various saints and illustrious people of the past. One of the characters is Peter Schlemihl from 1848 Wood. |
| Additional Publishers | After Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's The Gates Ajar. Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood, 1868 proved popular, the book was rpt. as The Gates Wide Open or Scenes in Another World. Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, 1869. |
| Title Note | The Gates Wide Open or Scenes in Another World. Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, 1869. |
| Holding Institutions | Hathi, L, PSt, W2,1786. |
| Author Note | (1799-1870) |
| Full Text | 1858 Wood, George (1799-1870). Future Life; or, Scenes in Another World. New York: Derby and Jackson. After Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's The Gates Ajar. Boston, MA: Fields, Osgood, 1868 proved popular, the book was rpt. as The Gates Wide Open or Scenes in Another World. Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard, 1869. Hathi, L, PSt, W2,1786. Heaven but presented as a eutopia of art and beauty. “Michael Angelo” has built a new St. Peter’s, and the people enjoy a new oratorio by Handel, ably assisted by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Discussion of a wide variety of subjects with various saints and illustrious people of the past. One of the characters is Peter Schlemihl from 1848 Wood. |
