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_A Voyage to Cacklogallinia_ is republished today because of its appeal
to many readers. It offers something to the student of economic history;
something to the student of early science. It is one of several
little-known "voyages to the moon," of which the most famous are
those of Cyrano de Bergerac, a form of reading in which our ancestors
delighted and which deserve to be collected. But apart from having a
not-inconsiderable historical interest, it remains the kind of tale
which may be read at any time because it appeals to the fundamental love
of adventure in human beings. Its author was undoubtedly only one of
many men who, under the influence of Godwin, Swift, and others, could
weave a tale in an accepted pattern. Yet there are elements which
make it unique; and it deserves at least this opportunity of rising
phoenix-like from the ashes of the past and being treasured by
posterity.
MARJORIE NICOLSON
Smith College
Northampton, Mass.
Nov. 3, 1939
[1: The best treatment of the South Sea Bubble for students of
literature will be found in Lewis Melville, _The South Sea Bubble_,
Boston, 1923. The author has also included in his volume extracts
from dozens of satires which appeared after 1720. He does not,
however, mention _A Voyage to Cacklogallinia_.]
[2: Pages 107 ff.]
[3: The list of "bubbles" may be found in Melville, _op. cit._,
chap, iv; Cobbett, _Parliamentary History_, VII, 656 ff., Somers,
_Tracts_ [ed. 1815], XIII, 818.]
[4: Contemporary letters indicating the interest of both men and
women in speculation may be found in _Historical Manuscripts
Commission_, XLV, 200, and CXXV, 288, 294-95, 349-50.]
[5: I have discussed the relationship between aviation and the "new
astronomy" in several articles dealing with voyages to the moon.
Bibliography may be found in two of these, "A World in the Moon,"
in _Smith College Studies in Modern Languages_, Vol. XVII (No. 2,
January, 1936), and "Swift's 'Flying Island' in the 'Voyage to
Laputa,'" _Annals of Science_, II (October, 1937), 405-31.]
[6: _Mathematicall Magick; or, The Wonders That May Be Performed
by Mechanicall Geometry_, London, 1648; in _Mathematical and
Philosophical Works_, London, 1802, II, 199.]
[7: _The Discovery of a World in the Moone; or, A Discourse Tending
to Prove, That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World in
That Planet_, London, 1638.]
[8: _The Man in the Moone; or, A Discourse of a Voyage thither
by D. Gonsales_, [By F.G.], London, 1638. This has recently been
republished from the first edition by Grant McColley in _Smith
College Studies in Modern Languages_ XIX (1937).]
* * * * *
[Illustration]
* * * * *
A VOYAGE TO CACKLOGALLINIA:
With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners,
of that Country
by
CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRUNT
London:
Printed by J. WATSON in Black-Fryers, and
sold by the Booksellers of London and
Westminster. 1727
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