An Unknown Land
| Title | An Unknown Land |
| Year for Search | 1942 |
| Authors | Samuel, Viscount [Herbert Louis](1870-1963) |
| Date Published | 1942 |
| Publisher | George Allen and Unwin Ltd |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | An explorer comes to believe that Belsalem, the country described in Bacon’s New Atlantis (1627) must exist and searches for, and discovers, it. Here the basis for the utopia is a treatment that enlarges the brain, and in addition to the science and technology central to the New Atlantis, there is great stress on health and mental activity. All knowledge had been sifted for truth. Work consists mostly of overseeing machines. No money. The family is sacrosanct and birth control produces a stable population. Little government need; some administration. |
| Holding Institutions | L, MoU-St, NcD, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1870-1963) was an M.P from 1902 to 1918 and 1929 to 1935, served in various Cabinet positions, and was Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party from 1931 to 1935. |
| Full Text | 1942 Samuel, Viscount [Herbert Louis] (1870-1963). An An explorer comes to believe that Belsalem, the country described in Bacon’s New Atlantis (1627) must exist and searches for, and discovers, it. Here the basis for the utopia is a treatment that enlarges the brain, and in addition to the science and technology central to the New Atlantis, there is great stress on health and mental activity. All knowledge had been sifted for truth. Work consists mostly of overseeing machines. No money. The family is sacrosanct and birth control produces a stable population. Little government need; some administration. The author was an M.P from 1902 to 1918 and 1929 to 1935, served in various Cabinet positions, and was Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party from 1931 to 1935. |
