"The Syren of the Skies"

1893-94 [Jones, George Chetwynd Griffith, afterwards Griffith, George Chetwynd] (1857-1906). “The Syren of the Skies.” By George Griffith [pseud.]. Pearson’s Weekly, no. 180 - 211 (December 30, 1893 - August 4, 1894). An introduction was published as “A Flight into the Future. An Introduction to the Sequel to ‘The Angel of the Revolution”, no. 179 (December 23, 1893): 361-62. Revised for book publication as Olga Romanoff or The Syren of the Skies: A Sequel to “The Angel of the Revolution”. London: Tower Publishing Co., 1894. Rpt. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1974. The author’s name is given in different ways in different library catalogs and bibliographies; I have followed the British Library.

Sequel to 1893 Jones, set a hundred years after the conclusion of that novel. Peace has existed throughout the period and social and technological changes have brought about a world-wide eutopia. The bulk of the novel is concerned with the re-start of conflict and its defeat, followed by a catastrophe that wipes out human civilization. The author changed his legal name from Jones to Griffith in 1894.