Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
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LONDON: SAMUEL TINSLEY, 10, SOUTHAMPTON ST., STRAND, 1873.
The fact that there is a plurality of worlds, that, in other words, the planets of our solar system are inhabited, has been so generally maintained by modern astronomers, that it almost takes its place among the truths commonly accepted by the large body of educated persons. As two among the many works, which bear directly on the subject, it will be here sufficient to name Sir David Brewster's 'More Worlds than One, the Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian,' and Mr. B.A. Proctor's 'Other Worlds than Ours.'
A fragmentary account of some of the ways peculiar to the inhabitants of one of these star worlds, and of their moral and intellectual condition is contained in the following pages.
When the assertion is made that the account is derived, not from the imagination, but from an actual knowledge of the star, it will at first receive scant credence, and the reader will be at once inclined to class the fragments among those works about imaginary republics and imaginary travels which, ever since the days of Plato, have from time to time made their appearance to improve the wisdom, impose on the credulity, or satirize the follies of mankind.
Nor can the reader's anticipated want of faith be deemed other than natural; for, although tests applied daily during a period extending over nearly a lifetime have proved the source of the fragments to be such as is here represented, the Editor feels bound to say that, notwithstanding much confirmatory evidence, many years passed and many facts were communicated before all doubts were completely removed from his mind.
One great obstacle to the reader's belief that an authentic description of another world is before him will arise from the circumstance that the means by which such extraordinary experience was acquired are not included in the sphere of his knowledge, and that any attempt to explain them at present would only increase his incredulity. He would only see one enigma solved by another apparently more insoluble than itself. The Editor, therefore, would call especial attention to the practical value of the revelations here communicated, convinced as he is that they are so replete with instruction to terrestial mankind, that the difficulty of giving credence to them ought not to be augmented by premature disclosures. Ultimately satisfied as to the origin of the fragments, he entreats the reader not, indeed, to surrender, but simply to suspend his judgment until he has carefully examined them, conceiving that, apart from all external proof, they rest upon an intrinsic evidence, the force of which it will be difficult to resist. Nay, he is even of opinion that an impartial student will find it easier to believe in their planetary origin than in their emanating from an ordinary human brain. The practical value of the facts, considered apart from their source, will excuse his request not to be too hastily judged.
Benjamin Lumley
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ANOTHER WORLD;
MONTALLUYAH.
LONDON:
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
I.—MONTALLTUYAH.
II.—VYORA.
III—PERSEVERANCE.
IV.—LIGHT FROM DARKNESS.
V.—CHARACTER-DIVERS—EDUCATION.
VI.—CORRECTION OF FAULTS.
VII.—CHARACTER-DIVERS.
VIII.—THE STAR CITY.
IX.—THE SUSPENDED MOUNTAIN.
X.—THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER.
XI—ELECTRICITY IN MONTALLUYAH.
XIII.—THE MICROSCOPE.
XIV.—PHYSICIANS—DISEASE GERMS.
XV.—MADNESS.
XVI.—THE DEATH SOLACE—INSECTS.
XVII.—INTERNAL CITIES—SUNSHINE PICTURES
XVIII.—THE PICTURES.
XIX.—WOMAN.
XX.—CHOICE OF A HUSBAND.
XXI.—THE DRESS OF SHAME—SUN COLOURS.
XXII.—COSTUMES.
XXIII.—PREPARATIONS FOR THE MARRIAGE.
XXIV.—FLOWERS.
XXV.—FLOWERS IMPROVED BY ELECTRICITY.
XXVI.—SONG OF ADMIRATION.
XXXI.—BEAUTY.
XXXII.—INFANTS' EXERCISE-MACHINES.
XXXIII.—GYMNASTICS.
XXXIV.—THE AMUSEMENT GALLERY.
XXXV.—PRAYER.
XXXVI.—FLOCKS AND HERDS.
XXXVII.—THE ALLMANYUKA.
XXXVIII.—PAPER.
XXXIX.—CONSUMPTION—THE ÉMEUTE.
XL.—THE HARP.
XLI.—SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
XLII.—THEATRES—ENTERTAINMENTS.
XLIII—SHIPS.
XLIV.—PICTURES FROM WATER.
XLV.—THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.
XLVI.—WILD ANIMALS.
XLVII.—THE SUN.
INTRODUCTION.
MONTALLUYAH.
II.
VYORA.
III.
PERSEVERANCE.
IV.
LIGHT FROM DARKNESS.
V.
CHARACTER-DIVERS.
VI.
CORRECTION OF FAULTS.
VII.
VIII.
THE STAR CITY.
IX.
THE SUSPENDED MOUNTAIN.
X.
THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER.
HEAVY MATERIALS LIGHTENED BY ELECTRICITY.
XI.
ELECTRICITY
MANY KINDS OF ELECTRICITY.
DRAWING OUT AND CONCENTRATING ELECTRICITIES FOR USE.
WILD BIRDS CAUGHT BY ELECTRICITY.
XII.
THE PAIN-LULLER.
VIVISECTION.
VIVISECTION.
HOW DISCOVERED.
XIII.
THE MICROSCOPE.
MUSIC.
INTERNAL CONCENTRATED LIGHT.
EXPERIMENT ON THE LIVING MAN.
XIV.
PHYSICIANS.
XV.
MADNESS.
XVI.
THE DEATH SOLACE.
THE DEATH SOLACE.
XVII.
INTERNAL CITIES.
SUNSHINE PICTURES.
SUNSHINE PICTURES.
XVIII.
THE PICTURES.
I. THE FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOLS.
II. THE AMUSEMENT GALLERY.
IV. WOMAN.
V. MARRIED LIFE.
VI. FLOCKS AND HERDS.
VII. THE ALLMANYUKA.
VIII. THE STAR INSTRUMENT.
IX. NAVIGATION.
X. CONSUMPTION OF THE VITALITY.
XI. MADNESS.
XII. EXPOSITION OF THE NEW DOCTRINES.
XIII. THE REBELS.
XIV. THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER.
XV. INVENTION OF THE LEAF INSTRUMENT.
XVI. SUN-POWER.
XVII. THE ELECTRIC THEATRE.
XVIII. INFANTS' EXERCISING MACHINES.
XIX. INSTALLATION OF CHARACTER-DIVERS.
XX. THE VALLEY OF THE ROCKS.
XXI. THE CONSUMMATION.
XIX.
WOMAN.
CHOOSING BY HANDS.
CHOOSING BY FOOT.
GIRLS' DORMITORIES.
XX.
CHOICE OF A HUSBAND.
XXL.
THE DRESS OF SHAME.
SUN SILK.
THE ART OF PLEASING.
XXII.
COSTUMES.
LADY'S COSTUME.
HEAD-ORNAMENTS.
GENTLEMAN'S COSTUME.
XXIII.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE MARRIAGE.
XXIV.
FLOWERS.
XXV.
FLOWERS IMPROVED BY ELECTRICITY.
PROCESS FOR CHANGING FORM.
PRODUCTION OF COLOUR.
SUN-FORCING.
XXVI.
SONG OF ADMIRATION.
XXVII.
SYLIFA.
XXVIII.
THE YOUNG GIRL RESTORED.
MADNESS.
XXIX.
THE LITTLE GOATHERD.
XXX.
DECORATIONS FOR AGE AND MERIT.
ADVOCATES.
XXXI.
BEAUTY.
RIDICULE ATTACHING TO THE SUBJECT OF BABIES.
XXXII.
INFANTS' EXERCISE-MACHINES.
THE TEETH.
XXXIII.
GYMNASTICS.
BATHING IN THE SEA.
TREE-EARTH BATHS.
XXXIV.
THE AMUSEMENT GALLERY.
XXXV.
PRAYER.
LECTURES.
XXXVI.
FLOCKS AND HERDS.
THE MALE ALONE KILLED.
SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS.
THE BLOOD OF ANIMALS.
PROTECTION OF THE MEAT FROM INSECTS.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
XXXVII.
THE ALLMANYUKA.
XXXVIII.
PAPER.
GOLDEN-COLOURED PAPER.
XXXIX.
CONSUMPTION.
XL.
THE HARP.
XLI.
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
THE MONOMANIAC.
XLII.
THEATRES.
THE FLYING CHILDREN.
WILL.
THE DEAF AND DUMB CHILD.
THE MONKEYS.
INTRODUCTION OF STRANGERS.
THE ATTRACTING-MACHINE.
XLIII.
SHIPS.
TIMBER FOR SHIPS.
THE COMPASS.
THE ANCHOR.
XLIV.
PICTURES FROM WATER.
XLV.
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS HIDE.
HABITS.
REARING HIPPOPOTAMI.
XLVI.
WILD ANIMALS.
THE TIGER AND THE CHILD.
THE UNICORN.
XLVII.
THE SUN.
THE SUN-OCEAN AND MOUNTAINS.
CONTINENTS.
HURRICANES.
COMETS.
THE END.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS.