The Great Secret. A Tale of To-morrow

TitleThe Great Secret. A Tale of To-morrow
Year for Search1895
AuthorsNisbet, [James] Hume(1848-1921)
Tertiary AuthorsNisbet, Hume
Date Published1895
PublisherF.V. White
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAustralian author, English author, Male author, Scottish author
Annotation

Begins as a novel of adventure with a conflict between anarchists set on destruction and the passengers and crew of a ship. The anarchists kill all the others and most of the anarchists come to a bad end. Three of the dead pass through the River Styx to a spirit world of almost static perfection where all the perfected spirits of the past together with a few immortals live in their own civilizations, which have been stripped of their imperfections. Two of the anarchists are reformed and become the center of a good society on an isolated island, which is only briefly described.  See also 1893, 1902 and 1905 Nisbet. 

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1849-1921) was born in Scotland and lived in Australia and England.

Full Text

1895 Nisbet, [James] Hume (1849-1921). The Great Secret. A Tale of To-morrow. London: F.V. White L, LLL

Begins as a novel of adventure with a conflict between anarchists set on destruction and the passengers and crew of a ship. The anarchists kill all the others and most of the anarchists come to a bad end. Three of the dead pass through the River Styx to a spirit world of almost static perfection where all the perfected spirits of the past together with a few immortals live in their own civilizations, which have been stripped of their imperfections. Two of the anarchists are reformed and become the center of a good society on an isolated island, which is only briefly described. See also 1893, 1902 and 1905 Nisbet. The author was born in Scotland and lived in Australia and England.