Limanora. The Island of Progress

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TitleLimanora. The Island of Progress
Year for Search1903
Authors[Brown], [John Macmillan](1846-1935)
Tertiary AuthorsSweven, Godfrey [pseud.]
Date Published1903
PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author, Scottish author
Annotation

Detailed eutopia divided into two books, "The Outer or Material Civilisation" and "The Inner Life of a Self-Selected People". Both technically and spiritually advanced, with spiritual advancement more important than technical. The Limanorans can fly due to a combination of technical advances and re-modeling of their bodies. Concerned with overcoming the physicality of the body. Education lasts fifty plus years. See also 1901 and 1920s Brown.
Additional Publishers

2nd ed. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. No differences between editions.
Pseudonym

Godfrey Sweven [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

ATL, L, M, PSt, VUW
Author Note

The author (1846-1935) was born in Scotland and educated at Glasgow and Oxford. He emigrated to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1874 to be the first professor of Classics and English at Canterbury College in Christchurch.
Full Text

1903 [Brown, John Macmillan] (1846-1935). Limanora. The Island of Progress. By Godfrey Sweven [pseud.]. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 2nd ed. London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. No differences between editions. ATL, L, M, PSt, VUW

Detailed eutopia divided into two books, “The Outer or Material Civilisation” and “The Inner Life of a Self-Selected People”. Both technically and spiritually advanced, with spiritual advancement more important than technical. The Limanorans can fly due to a combination of technical advances and re-modeling of their bodies. Concerned with overcoming the physicality of the body. Education lasts fifty plus years. See also 1901 and 1920s Brown. The author was born in Scotland and educated at Glasgow and Oxford. He emigrated to Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1874 to be the first professor of Classics and English at Canterbury College in Christchurch.