Sub Sole or Under the Sun. Missionary Adventures in the Great Sahara. By the Right Reverend Artegall Smith, D.D. With an Introduction by the Rev. Philip Norton

[1890] [Norton, Rev. Philip]. Sub Sole or Under the Sun. Missionary Adventures in the Great Sahara. By the Right Reverend Artegall Smith, D.D. [pseud.]. With an Introduction by the Rev. Philip Norton. London: James Nisbet and Co. Worcester, Eng.: Eben[enze]r Baylis and Son. CU, L, PSt

Lost race. The eutopia consists of two chapters (129-52) describing an isolated community of science and technology in Africa in which the Wandering Jew is converted to Christianity. The community is a remnant of the Ten Lost Tribes and holds the Ark of the Covenant. The community has something like 1627 Bacon’s Salomon’s House. Food and cloth are produced chemically from sand and gravel. Anti-Roman Catholic. Council of Elders elected for life. Quite a bit on punishment: Capital punishment for murder, adultery, and idolatry. Flogging for lesser crimes (144). Habitual criminals are said to choose to live in a separate section and wear distinctive marks on their clothing.Council of Elders elected for life. Quite a bit on punishment: Capital punishment for murder, adultery, and idolatry. Flogging for lesser crimes (144). Habitual criminals are said to choose to live in a separate section and wear distinctive marks on their clothing.