Synopsis: From the first edition dust jacket flap: "Astronauts hitching rides on meteors hurtling through space... disenchanted Irishmen creating a world of their own without women... an English Lord taking his bride on a honeymoon in space... Martians who move entire planets in their orbits... a bill board on the moon... a flying saucer story published in 1912... These are but a few of the fascinating ideas to be found in this anthology of interplanetary stories reproduced from the pages of the popular magazines of Victorian and Edwardian days. Together they produce a compelling picture as seen through the lorgnettes of our grandmothers. The illustrations by Paul HArdy, Warwick Goble, John R. Neill and other top professional artists of their day help bring out the flavour of a period when the automobile, aeroplane, camera and many other familiar objects of today were being born in the minds of their inventors."