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THIS remarkable book bears upon every page evidence of scientific knowledge and vivid imagination. It is not simply a story of a journey to our satellite—that idea has been worn to threads since Jules Verne used it for the ground-plan of his novel—but purports to be a translation of a volume written by a lunar inhabitant, and sent to the earth. More than one ingenious individual has sapiently suggested that the side of the moon remote from us is inhabited; and as we are not likely to obtain any information on the matter, every one is free to indulge in that belief. The idea that there are living beings in the moon's interior, is of a similar harmless character, and the author of this book has made the most of it.
The People of the Moon.
By Tremlett Carter. Pp. 402. (London: The Electrician Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 1895.)
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The People of the Moon. Nature 53, 77 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/053077a0
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