List of Figures; Introduction; Acknowledgements; PART I: VOYAGE TO THE MOON: With Some Account of the Manners and Customs, Science and Philosophy, of the People of Morosofia, and other Lunarians (1827) -Joseph Atterley (George Tucker); 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; CHAPTER VII: Physical peculiarities of the Moon-Celestial phenomena -Farther description of the Lunarians-National prejudice-Lightness of bodies-The Brahmin carries Atterley to sup with a philosopher-His character and opinions; CHAPTER VIII: A celebrated physician: his ingenious theories in physics: his mechanical inventions-The feather-hunting Glonglim; CHAPTER IX: The fortune-telling philosopher, who inspected the finger nails: his visiters-Another philosopher, who judged of the character by the hair-The fortune-teller duped-Predatory warfare; CHAPTER X: The travellers visit a gentleman farmer, who is a great projector: his breed of cattle: his apparatus for cooking-He is taken dangerously ill; CHAPTER XI: Lunarian physicians: their consultation-While they dispute the patient recovers-The travellers visit the celebrated teacher Lozzi Pozzi; CHAPTER XII: Election of the Numnoonce, or town-constable-Violence of parties-Singular institution of the Syringe Boys-The prize-fighters-Domestic manufactures; CHAPTER XIII: Description of the Happy Valley-The laws, customs, and manners of the Okalbians-Theory of population -Rent-System of government; CHAPTER XIV: Further account of Okalbia-The Field of Roses-Curious superstition concerning that flower-The pleasures of smell traced to association, by a Glonglim philosopher; CHAPTER XV: Atterley goes to the great monthly fair-Its various exhibitions; difficulties-Preparations to leave the Moon-Curiosities procured by Atterley-Regress to the Earth; CHAPTER XVI: The Brahmin gives Atterley a history of his life; CHAPTER XVII: The Brahmin's story continued-The voyage concluded-Atterley and the Brahmin separate-Atterley arrives in New-York; PART II: "Hans Pfaall--A Tale" (June 1835) by Edgar Allan Poe; PART III: "Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschel" (August 25--30, 1835) by Richard Adam Locke; PART IV: "Orrin Lindsay's Plan of Aerial Navigation" (May 1847) by John Leonard Riddell; Appendix A: Excerpt from Washington Irving's A History of New York, 1809; Appendix B: Excerpts from "Anonymous Review of A Voyage to the Moon," reprinted from American Quarterly Review No. 5 (March 1828); Appendix C: "Note" added for inclusion in the "Hans Pfaall" version in Poe's collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, 1840; Appendix D: "Richard Adam Locke" in Edgar Allan Poe's The Literati, 1850; Appendix E: Contemporary Responses to Richard Adam Locke's "Great Astronomical Discoveries"; Appendix F: P. T. Barnum on Locke's "Moon Hoax" (1866).
