New-York tribune., 1894-04-22

oA,,d,n, animal and vegetable life. But no man
has vet been developed on it, for the naturai s
ditions are not such that man. unaidea Wy "'S r
alliances brought from earth, would have al easy
struggle for existence. ,,,,.o
IIa,.,ns thoroughly explored Jupiter the Ca'listo
that is the name of the apergetlc cars u,
toward Saturn Here very different Woiiu "
,ourd ono In much earlier state or deVeiopihei''
The rings are seen to be loose masses Vi "'a''e'
,,ovInc among themselves under attractive an" 'e
pulslye energy. The planet itSeit suffers ''',
tremes of heat and cold There Is Ire there-'"'''
fungi cranes and creatures very like dragon ""'
ot rho fungi and breathe out poisonous gdsSes
formed by their decomposition in digestion. Bun
the strangest things in Saturn not material IL
,s found 10 be the intermediate resting place. De-
tween earth and heaven OF the SPLITS oi u'e
deemed These spirits. some OF whom they ia"
known on EARTH manifest themselves 10 'he eN
nlorcrs and teach them wonderful secrets OF the
universs The Bible miracles are seen 10 pe tiie
working OF natural laws unknown 10 men, Inc
eou,s NJ the wicked dwell in Cassandra the Ill
he0otten planet that rolls In darkness beyond Nep-
tune They know pain, except that OF aohorr1"s
themselves and others. They see all thihss WIN
evil eye and can By possibility do Good 10 any
soul Neither 80 far as is shown, do they nave any
redemption. but ever while in Saturn the devei-
opment OF good goes on. the shades In Cassandra I,
continue as they have begun. Their Only nope Is
hinted at as being involuton through tne LOVE- lo%er
orders of life back the stone whence they caire
Lfe sleeps in minerals dreams n plants >ea 1pa 1asi
wakes in you says the in spirn E'"
The spirits also give glimpses Of the universe 1n1s
beyond the solar system Inc gpeat s,Sr, n,v draw
ing them to itself In many other systems creai @
of intelligence exist but none ousae our gn saws the
spirit "if we had no souls--if. Ike the aeNthetc
reptllia knew that when our dust diss9Iyel our our
preciousness what hold 40 lightly now. NAN ,
and the spirits and angels are the on pess s new
eD,,io nd in No
souls being created This gives yoM the nd ,is in
and grandes de Of the dignity oTe 1f e sermons arn ,s
visit in a trance back to the world. and the reaGlns
Of peoples hearts and the seeing into Their future
After that the travellers leave the spirits and
Saturn and return to earth In their car. u,.,,a
Mr. As9r has eegfr %Gys and specuatons Of
astronomers particularly those OF Proiessors ioJ6
full play concerning the development Of terresirii.
invention. He shows wide II not al"ays5 ueep
describes his hypothetical inventions with luite as as
much particularly as IS to be expected consluerils
that they not yet made and no man yet KhG"s
how 10 make them. That the author himself taHes
this part OF his book seriously may be questIon.I J.,
IL NAV be questioned. too. whether he takes his own
PHILOSOPHY TO be anything more Tan suggestive
speculation, or believes In the cosmology ne mas
he is sAr Gus at the bottom Of II all: There my
never be such machines as ne dreams or but Hn- %
Them There may be no spirits on Neptune or Cas-
slndra but the thinking about these spirits has Its
A hnt Of love story goes with the adyeat%res fs
Of the explorers but Mr. Asor is less successful IN
detail ng the conversation Of two lovers or even the
talk OF two business men. than In telling how the
world must have looked when the Pennsylyanld
coal fields were growing. lie has good descriptvc
powers but he Is not yet master OF tne
is not always successful In conveying impressions,
and often uses words and phrases out Of harmony
with the times and places. An exception may be made
in favor OF the description OF the first tramp ON
Saturn and the meeting with the spirits. which IS
nerve tension on the part Of the reader. As first
venture into the field of literature the book is IN
many respects a more than creGitabie production
The volume s Illustrated with nine ful-pagc draw
incs by Dan Beard. of scenes In this and other
Danets