Mssr. John Progrès, a diminutive god, whisks a young romantic couple to a satirical anti-utopia in the year 3000.

—Michael Main
He was comfortably seated on a machine of English Make, the smoke of which enveloped him in clouds of fantastic shape, and on the instrument panel there was a daguerreotype from the workshops of M. le Chevalier. Maurice, a little alarmed at first at this sudden apparition, was reassured by his mild appearance. He looked boldly at the little visitor and asked him who he was.

Variants

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  1. Le monde tel qu’il sera by Émile Souvestre (W. Coquebert, 1846).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Émile Souvestre