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by Edwin A. Abbott How I had a Vision of LinelandConcerning a Stranger from SpacelandHow I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland Thinking that it was time to bring down the Monarch from his raptures to the level of common sense, I determined to endeavour to open up to him some glimpses of the truth, that is to say of the… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott How I tried to teach the Theor...How I then tried to diffuse the Theory of Three Dimensions by other means, and of the result My failure with my Grandson did not encourage me to communicate my secret to others of my household; yet neither was I led by it to despair of success. Only I saw that I must not… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott How I vainly tried to explain ...How I had a Vision of Lineland It was the last day but one of the 1999th year of our era, and the first day of the Long Vacation. Having amused myself till a late hour with my favourite recreation of Geometry, I had retired to rest with an unsolved problem in my mind. In the night I… Read more
How I came to Spaceland, and w... How the Sphere encouraged me i... How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it When I saw my poor brother led away to imprisonment, I attempted to leap down into the Council Chamber, desiring to intercede on his behalf, or at… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott DedicationOther WorldsThis WorldContentsOf the Nature of FlatlandOf the Climate and Houses in FlatlandConcerning the Inhabitants of FlatlandConcerning the WomenOf our Methods of Recognizing one anotherOf Recognition by SightConcerning Irregular FiguresOf the Ancient Practice of PaintingOf the Universal Colour BillOf the… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Ancient Practice of PaintingOf the Suppression of the Chro...Of the Universal Colour Bill But meanwhile the intellectual Arts were fast decaying. The Art of Sight Recognition, being no longer needed, was no longer practised; and the studies of Geometry, Statics, Kinetics, and other kindred subjects, came… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning Irregular FiguresOf the Universal Colour BillOf the Ancient Practice of Painting If my Readers have followed me with any attention up to this point, they will not be surprised to hear that life is somewhat dull in Flatland. I do not, of course, mean that there are not battles, conspiracies, tumults,… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of Recognition by SightOf the Ancient Practice of PaintingConcerning Irregular Figures Throughout the previous pages I have been assuming-what perhaps should have been laid down at the beginning as a distinct and fundamental proposition-that every human being in Flatland is a Regular Figure, that is to say of regular… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of our Methods of Recognizing ...Concerning Irregular FiguresOf Recognition by Sight I am about to appear very inconsistent. In the previous sections I have said that all figures in Flatland present the appearance of a straight line; and it was added or implied, that it is consequently impossible to distinguish by… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning the WomenOf Recognition by SightOf our Methods of Recognizing one another You, who are blessed with shade as well as light, you, who are gifted with two eyes, endowed with a knowledge of perspective, and charmed with the enjoyment of various colours, you, who can actually see an angle, and contemplate the… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning the Inhabitants of FlatlandOf our Methods of Recognizing ...Concerning the Women If our highly pointed Triangles of the Soldier class are formidable, it may be readily inferred that far more formidable are our Women. For, if a Soldier is a wedge, a Woman is a needle; being, so to speak, all point, at least… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Climate and Houses in FlatlandConcerning the WomenConcerning the Inhabitants of Flatland The greatest length or breadth of a full grown inhabitant of Flatland may be estimated at about eleven of your inches. Twelve inches may be regarded as a maximum. Our Women are Straight Lines. Our Soldiers and Lowest… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Nature of FlatlandConcerning the Inhabitants of FlatlandOf the Climate and Houses in Flatland As with you, so also with us, there are four points of the compass North, South, East, and West. There being no sun nor other heavenly bodies, it is impossible for us to determine the North in the usual way; but we… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Concerning our PriestsOf the Doctrine of our Priests As to the doctrine of the Circles it may briefly be summed up in a single maxim, “Attend to your Configuration.“ Whether political, ecclesiastical, or moral, all their teaching has for its object the improvement of individual and collective Configuration-with… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Suppression of the Chro...Of the Doctrine of our PriestsConcerning our Priests It is high time that I should pass from these brief and discursive notes about things in Flatland to the central event of this book, my initiation into the mysteries of Space. That is my subject; all that has gone before is merely… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Universal Colour BillConcerning our PriestsOf the Suppression of the Chromatic Sedition The agitation for the Universal Colour Bill continued for three years; and up to the last moment of that period it seemed as though Anarchy were destined to triumph. A whole army of Polygons, who turned out to fight as… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott Of the Climate and Houses in FlatlandOf the Nature of Flatland I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space. Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and… Read more
by Edwin A. Abbott This WorldDedication To
The Inhabitance of Space in General
And H.C. in particular
This Work is Dedicated
By a Humble Native of Flatland
In the Hope that
Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries
Of Three Dimensions
Having been previously conversant
With Only Two
So the Citizens of that Celestial Region
May aspire… Read more
THE PHYSICAL GEOLOGY OF THE GRAND CAñON DISTRICT. By Clarence E. Dutton.ContentsCHAPTER I. THE PLATEAU PROVINCE.CHAPTER II. GEOGRAPHY OF THE GRAND CAíON DISTRICT.CHAPTER III. THE TERRACES.CHAPTER IV. THE GREAT DENUDATION.CHAPTER V. THE TOROWEAP AND UINKARET.CHAPTER VI. THE KAIBAB.CHAPTER VII. POINT SUBLIME.CHAPTER VIII. THE EXCAVATION OF… Read more
CHAPTER VII. POINT SUBLIME.CHAPTER VIII. THE EXCAVATION OF THE CHASM.The excavation of the Grand Cañon and the sculpture of its walls and buttes are the results of two processes acting in concert- Corrasion and weathering. In discussion them it is necessary to take into the account the peculiar conditions under which they have… Read more
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