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Benjamin Lumley. Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
Another World: Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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
XII.—THE PAIN-LULLER
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
XXVII.—SYLIFA. XXVIII.—THE YOUNG GIRL RESTORED
XXIX.—THE LITTLE GOATHERD. XXX.—DECORATIONS FOR AGE AND MERIT
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
ANOTHER WORLD
I
MONTALLUYAH
II
VYORA
III
PERSEVERANCE
IV
LIGHT FROM DARKNESS
V
CHARACTER-DIVERS. EDUCATION
VI
CORRECTION OF FAULTS
VII
VIII
THE STAR CITY
IX
THE SUSPENDED MOUNTAIN
X
THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER
HEAVY MATERIALS LIGHTENED BY ELECTRICITY
XI
ELECTRICITY. IN MONTALLUYAH
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. CONCENTRATED LIGHT—MUSIC—EXPERIMENT ON THE LIVING MAN
MUSIC
INTERNAL CONCENTRATED LIGHT
EXPERIMENT ON THE LIVING MAN
XIV
PHYSICIANS. DISEASE GERMS
XV
MADNESS
XVI
THE DEATH SOLACE. INSECTS
THE DEATH SOLACE
XVII
INTERNAL CITIES. SUNSHINE PICTURES
SUNSHINE PICTURES
XVIII
THE PICTURES
I. FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOLS. II. THE OPENING OF THE AMUSEMENT GALLERY. III. MAN. IV. WOMAN. V. MARRIED LIFE. VI. FLOCKS AND HEEDS. VII. THE ALLMANYUKA. VIII. THE STAR INSTRUMENT. IX. NAVIGATION BEFORE AND SINCE MY REIGN. X. CONSUMPTION OF THE VITALITY. XI. MADNESS. XII. THE EXPOSITION OF THE NEW DOCTRINES. XIII. THE REBELS. XIV. THE MOUNTAIN SUPPORTER. XV. INVENTION OF THE LEAF INSTRUMENT. XVI. SUN-POWER AND ITS APPLICATION TO MANUFACTURES, AND FOR HEALTH PURPOSES. XVII. OPENING OF THE ELECTRIC THEATRE. XVIII. INVENTION OF THE INFANTS' EXERCISING MACHINES. XIX. THE INSTALLATION OF THE CHARACTER-DIVERS AND PRECEPTORS, IN PRESENCE OF THE TWELVE KINGS. XX. THE VALLEY OF THE ROCKS. XXI. THE CONSUMMATION. I. THE FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOLS
II. THE AMUSEMENT GALLERY
III. MAN
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 HAND—CHOOSING BY FOOT—GIRLS' DOBMITORIES—EARLY RISING—PRAYERS
CHOOSING BY HANDS
CHOOSING BY FOOT
GIRLS' DORMITORIES
XX
CHOICE OF A HUSBAND
XXL
THE DRESS OF SHAME. SUN-COLOURED SILKS—THE ART OF PLEASING
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
Part of the united electricity serves for the leaves, and when its supply is deficient the leaves wither and die, despite every effort to preserve them
PROCESS FOR CHANGING FORM
PRODUCTION OF COLOUR
CREATION OF FORMS
SUN-FORCING
XXVI
SONG OF ADMIRATION
EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN TERMS USED IN THE PRECEDING SONG OF ADMIRATION
XXVII
SYLIFA
XXVIII
THE YOUNG GIRL RESTORED. MADNESS
XXIX
THE LITTLE GOATHERD
XXX
DECORATIONS FOR AGE AND MERIT
ADVOCATES
XXXI
BEAUTY. HEALTH—LONG LIFE—INFANTS
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. TREATMENT OF ANIMALS
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. THE ÉMEUTE
XL
THE HARP
XLI
SOCIAL INTERCOURSE
THE MONOMANIAC
XLII
THEATRES. ELECTRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS—AMUSEMENTS—INTRODUCTION OF STRANGERS
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 ELECTRIC STAR-INSTRUMENT
THE SUN-OCEAN AND MOUNTAINS
CONTINENTS
HURRICANES
COMETS
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Benjamin Lumley
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Of the physical agencies mentioned in the following pages, that of electricity will be found especially prominent. Both the knowledge and the manipulation of electricity have assumed in Montalluyah proportions far beyond those known to us. The electric fluid is there employed for the most various purposes: for locomotion, for lightening heavy bodies, for increasing the power of optical instruments, for the detection and eradication of the germs of disease, for increasing the efficiency of musical instruments—in a word, for the advancement of the world in all that belongs to morality, science, and art.
To some readers the plural form, "Electricities," which frequently appears in the following pages, might seem a strange innovation. The Editor therefore states, by way of anticipation, that in certain important points the electrical science of Montalluyah differs from, if it is not opposed to, some of the principles accepted here. In Montalluyah it is an ascertained fact that everything organic or inorganic possesses an electricity of its own, each kind differing from the others in one or more important properties. Glimmerings of the progress effected in electricity and other sciences, including the knowledge and application of Sun-power, may be deduced from the facts contained in the fragments. Still, those glimmerings are but as scattered rays of light in the horizon, which, in the belief of the Editor, are mere precursors of other revelations at least equally interesting. It may be said generally that by the fragments here given, showing how the Narrator, uniting in his own person all the highest qualities of a Legislator and a Ruler, occupied himself with the discovery and application of means for the reduction of evils to their smallest possible proportions, not only giving new laws of wondrous grandeur and beauty, but eventually rendering compliance with them easy and even delightful—that by these fragments a truly stupendous polity is but partially revealed.
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