The Unparalled Adventures of One Hans Pfaall
(by Edgar Allan Poe - excerpts 1835)
"...deeply interesting in its own peculiar character, but rendered doubly so by its intimate connection, in capacity of satellite, with the world inhabited by man, I may have intelligence for the private ear of the States' College of Astronomers of far more importance than the details, however wonderful, of the more voyage which so happily concluded."----------
"...of the people themselves; of their manners, customs, and political institutions; of their peculiar physical construction..."
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"I have the honor to be, &c., your Excellencies' very humble servant,
Hans Pfaall
Upon finishing the perusal of this very extraordinary document, Professor Rubadub, it is said, dropped his pipe...."
