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the inhabitants of the uncivilized portions of our own
globe.
The reader will now begin to understand what is meant when the Editor calls attention to
the practical value of most of his communications, and invites consideration of the
fragments, as suggestive of much that concerns the welfare of mankind, the question as to
their source being provisionally left open. The man of science, the poet, the
metaphysician, the philanthropist, the musician, the observer of manners, even the
general reader who merely seeks to be amused, will, it is hoped, find something
interesting in the following pages. Let all, therefore, taste the fruit and judge of its flavour,
though they do not behold the tree; profit by the diamonds, though they know not how
they were extracted from the mine; accept what is found to be wholesome and fortifying
in the waters, though the source of the river is unknown.
Lest, in thus expatiating on the value of his communications, the Editor should be thought
to have overstepped the bounds of good taste, he would have it perfectly understood that
he is not speaking of his own productions, and that whatever the merit of the fragments
may be, that merit does not belong to himself. He is an Editor and an Editor only; and he
therefore feels himself as much at liberty to express his opinion of the contents of the
following pages as the most impartial critic.
He will even admit that he is not blind to their defects and shortcomings. If the fragments
had been less fragmentary, and fuller information had been offered on the various
subjects which fall under consideration, he would have been better satisfied. Nevertheless,
he reflects that it would be hardly reasonable to expect in facts made known under
exceptional circumstances, that fulness of detail which we have a right to demand, when
on our own planet we essay to make discoveries at the cost only of labour and research.
He looks upon the fragments as "intellectual aerolites," which have dropped here,
uninfluenced by the will of man; as varied pieces detached from the mass of facts which
constitute the possessions of another planet, and rather as thrown by nature into rugged
heaps than as having been symmetrically arranged by the hand of an artist. Want of unity
under these circumstances is surely excusable.
One observation as to a matter of mere detail. Words, in the language of the Star, are
occasionally given in letters which represent the sounds only, and will often be found to
resemble words in some of our ancient and modern languages. The very name of the City

"Montalluyah," to which all the fragments refer, is apparently compounded of
heterogeneous roots, one of Aryan the other of Semitic origin. These seeming accidents,
if such they be, must not be attributed to either carelessness or design on the part of the
Editor; nor does he attempt to explain them. The reader may, if he please, account for the
causes of resemblance by considering that the number of articulate sounds is limited, and
that, therefore, the variety of words cannot be altogether boundless; or he may take higher
ground, and assume that in whatever planet spoken, all languages have the Same Divine
Origin.
In conclusion: When these revelations or others derived from the same source have
succeeded in establishing a confidence between the Editor and his readers, it is more than
probable that the secret of the source itself will be disclosed. That disclosure made in due
season will bring to light some unprecedented, but most interesting facts, and will
establish the important truth, that the soul of man is IMMATERIAL and IMMORTAL.

CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION Page xxiii
I.--MONTALLTUYAH.
One of the Star worlds--Strangeness of its customs--The Narrator and his
aspirations--Former state of Montalluyah--Wars--Increase of population and decrease of
supplies--Can man be brought to seek knowledge as ardently as money?--The Narrator's
meditations, labours, and advancement--Faith
II.--VYORA.
The beggar seeks admission to the Palace--The incident which brings him to the
Narrator--Some account of Vyora--Appointed Chief of the Character-divers--Reflection
III--PERSEVERANCE.
Maturing plans--How received by the Counsellors--Narrator's resolution--Prepares for
death--His triumph--Subjects of Legislation
IV.--LIGHT FROM DARKNESS.
Secret powers in Nature--Effectually wielded by the Good only--False Prophets--Narrator
carries out his plans without bloodshed--Great feature of the System--Mighty
consequences--Evils forced to contribute to
Good--Examples--Insects--Hippopotami--The Fever Wind--Lightning--The Sun--Seasons
of Darkness--Fears of the People--Darkness changed to Light--The City radiant--Music
and rejoicing
V.--CHARACTER-DIVERS--EDUCATION.

Grave duties entrusted to them--Stronghold of evils to be eradicated--Men of Genius
following antipathetic occupations--Early eradication of faults and development of
qualities--Visits to Schools--Defects--One routine for all characters--Neglecting minor
qualities in Boys of Genius--Precept-cramming--Bad habits--Character-divers
created--Sole occupation to discover Child's early tendencies--Duties distinct from those
of Preceptors or Fathers of Knowledge--Germ of evils destroyed
VI.--CORRECTION OF FAULTS.
Remedies employed vary with characteristics--Absence of violent punishment--Children
to be raised, not