THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE: A ROMANCE. London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-iv] v-xii [xiii-xiv] [1-2] 3-232 [233] [234-238: blank] [note: first two and last two leaves used as front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers, original decorated green cloth, front panel stamped in gold and blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. A sequel to A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA (1894). Part I of THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, is a revised version of letters VI-XI of "Letters of an Altrurian Traveller,"originally published in THE COSMOPOLITAN, November 1893 - September 1894, in which the traveler leaves the New Hampshire countryside to visit New York City and Chicago. In the second part, the Altrurian's American bride writes about her experiences in Altruria, an Arcadian eutopia. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 2-96 and (1981) 1-102. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1134. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 433. Lewis, Utopian Literature, pp. 94-6. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 118. Negley, Utopian Literature: A Bibliography 594. Roemer, The Obsolete Necessity, p, 195. Rooney, Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias, 1865-1917, p. 191. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 139-40. Bleiler (1948), p. 154. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 H-939. BAL 9779. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 1786. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, some foxing to rear endpapers, a bright, very good or better copy. (#140016).
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"Published April, 1907" on copyright page.