Journey to the Isles of Atlantis

<p>Journey to the Isles of Atlantis is the sixteenth volume in a series of anthologies translating antique items of French roman scientifique. Included in this collection are <em>Fututistic Paris in 5839</em> (1822) a story for which the editor was fined a thousand francs and sentenced to three months in prison; <em>The Clockmaker of Nuremberg</em> (1882) and <em>The Inventor</em> (1902) which anticipate the age of aviation; <em>King Beta</em> (1905) in which an aeronaut ends up in a kingdom where modern science is unknown and people still believe in the power of enchanters. Optimistic accounts of the human future future are presented in <em>Humans in the Year 3000</em> (1907) dedicated to H G Wells and <em>The Discovery of the Earth in 2009 </em>(1909). Finally the eponymous Atlantis-based fantasy written in 1914 features Plato’s fictitious island and uses that vanished civilization as a satirical reflection of contemporary France.</p>