Literature of the Lunar Man.
Vide p. 8.
1. The Man in the Moone. Telling Strange Fortunes. London, 1609.
2. "The Man in the Moone, discovering a world of Knavery under the Sunne; both in the Parliament, the Councel of State, the Army, the City, and the Country." Dated, "Die Lunae, From Nov. 14 to Wednesday Novemb. 21 1649." Periodical Publications, London. British Museum. Another Edition, "Printed for Charles Tyns, at the Three Cups on London Bridge, 1657."
3. "ΣΕΛΗΝΑΡΧΙΑ, or the Government of the World in the Moon." A comical history written by Cyrano Bergerac, and done into English by Tho. St. Serf. London 1659."
The same, Englished by A. Lovell, A.M., London, 1687.
4. "The Man in the Moon, or Travels into the Lunar Regions," by W. Thomson, London, 1783.
In this lucubration the Man in the Moon shows the Man of the People (Charles Fox), many eminent contemporaries, by means of a magical glass.
5. "The Man in the Moon, consisting of Essays and Critiques." London, 1804. Of no value. After shining feebly like a rushlight for about two months, it went out in smoke.
6. The Man in the Moon. London, 1820. A Political Squib.