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Title: A Voyage to the Moon

Author: George Tucker

Release Date: November 7, 2003 [EBook #10005]

Language: English

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A
VOYAGE TO THE MOON:
WITH
SOME ACCOUNT
OF THE
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY,
OF THE
PEOPLE OF MOROSOFIA,
AND
OTHER LUNARIANS.

BY GEORGE TUCKER (JOSEPH ATTERLEY)

"It is the very error of the moon,
She comes more near the earth than she was wont,
And makes men mad."--_Othello_.

1827

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Atterley's birth and education--He makes a voyage--
Founders off the Burman coast--Adventures in
that Empire--Meets with a learned Brahmin from
Benares.

CHAPTER II.

The Brahmin's illness--He reveals an important secret
to Atterley--Curious information concerning the
Moon--The Glonglims--They plan a voyage to
the Moon.

CHAPTER III.

The Brahmin and Atterley prepare for their voyage--
Description of their travelling machine--Incidents
of the voyage--The appearance of the earth;
Africa; Greece--The Brahmin's speculations on
the different races of men--National character.

CHAPTER IV.

Continuation of the voyage--View of Europe; Atlantic
Ocean; America--Speculations on the future
destiny of the United States--Moral reflections--
Pacific Ocean--Hypothesis on the origin of the
Moon.

CHAPTER V.

The voyage continued--Second view of Asia--The
Brahmin's speculations concerning India--Increase
of the Moon's attraction--Appearance of the Moon
--They land on the Moon.

CHAPTER VI.

Some account of Morosofia, and its chief city, Alamatua
--Singular dresses of the Lunar ladies--Religious
self-denial--Glonglim miser and spendthrift.