"The Temple of the Forgotten Dead"

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Title"The Temple of the Forgotten Dead"
Year for Search1924
Authors[Harris], [James Thomas](1855/6-1931)
Tertiary AuthorsHarris, Frank [pseud.]
Secondary TitleUndream'd of Shores
Pagination309-36
Date Published1924
PublisherBrentano's
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Irish author, Male author, US author
Annotation

This story is said to be the basis for his 1930 Pantopia. In the story, a storyteller tells two stories. The eutopian one, which gives the story its title, describes an isolated island which has developed a religion with gods representing each virtue and bases its society on self-development and duty to others. It is also technologically advanced. 
Additional Publishers

The manuscript is at Princeton University.
Pseudonym

Frank Harris [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1855/6-1931) was born in Ireland and moved to the US in 1870, becoming a US citizen five years later. He spent many years in England and on the Continent.
Full Text

1924 Harris, [James Thomas] (1855/6-1931). “The Temple of the Forgotten Dead.” In his Undream’d of Shores. By Frank Harris [pseud.] (New York: Brentano’s, 1924), 309-36. PSt

This story is said to be the basis for his 1930 Pantopia. Two stories are told, one of which is eutopian.The title story describes an isolated island which has developed a religion with gods representing each virtue and bases its society on self-development and duty to others. It is also technologically advanced. The manuscript is at Princeton University. The author was born in Ireland and moved to the US in 1870, becoming a US citizen five years later. He spent many years in England and on the Continent.