The [My on cover] Sovereign Guide; A Tale of Eden

TitleThe [My on cover] Sovereign Guide; A Tale of Eden
Year for Search1898
AuthorsMiller, William Amos
Pagination130 pp.
Date Published1898
PublisherGeo. Rice & Sons
Place PublishedLos Angeles, CA
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Short description of a eutopia inside the Earth called Eden, which is related to the Biblical Eden but is not identical to it. Perpetual summer with one rainy season. Language of thirty-six sounds. Hereditary monarchies, each with twelve counselors. National disputes settled by arbitration. Few laws. No capital punishment. Vegetarian. Christianity the only religion. No denominational differences. No fasting or penance but feast and enjoy.” Radical separation of church and state with no state law affecting the church and no church law affecting the state. Labor is compulsory for men between twenty and seventy-five; married woman cannot work outside the home if their husband is able to work. 

Illustration

Picture of the author as a frontispiece. 

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, PSt, W3,3750

Author Note

The author was both blind and deaf, and in “Autobiographical Sketch of William Amos Miller” (9-13), he tells of his struggle to get what limited education he could and to make a living as a “broom, whisk, and brush manufacturer”.

Full Text

1898 Miller, William Amos. The [My on cover] Sovereign Guide; A Tale of Eden. Los Angeles, CA: Geo. Rice & Sons. Picture of the author as a frontispiece. 130 pp. MoU-St, PSt, W3,3750

Short description of a eutopia inside the Earth called Eden, which is related to the Biblical Eden but is not identical to it. Perpetual summer with one rainy season. Language of thirty-six sounds. Hereditary monarchies, each with twelve counselors. National disputes settled by arbitration. Few laws. No capital punishment. Vegetarian. Christianity the only religion. No denominational differences. No fasting or penance but feast and enjoy.” Radical separation of church and state with no state law affecting the church and no church law affecting the state. Labor is compulsory for men between twenty and seventy-five; married woman cannot work outside the home if their husband is able to work. The author was both blind and deaf, and in “Autobiographical Sketch of William Amos Miller” (9-13), he tells of his struggle to get what limited education he could and to make a living as a “broom, whisk, and brush manufacturer”.