To
The Inhabitants of Space In General
And H. C. In Particular
And H. C. In Particular
This Work is Dedicated
By a Humble Native of Flatland
By a Humble Native of Flatland
In the Hope that
Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries
Even as he was Initiated into the Mysteries
Of Three Dimensions
Having been previously conversant
Having been previously conversant
With Only Two
So the Citizens of that Celestial Region
So the Citizens of that Celestial Region
May aspire yet higher and higher
To the Secrets of Four Five Or Even Six Dimensions
To the Secrets of Four Five Or Even Six Dimensions
Thereby contributing
To the Enlargement of The Imagination
To the Enlargement of The Imagination
And the possible Development
Of that most rare and excellent Gift of Modesty
Among the Superior Races
Here's what I'm going to do. Every day or so over the next 5 weeks, I'm going to post a chapter from Flatland, along with some comments, assuming I think of something interesting to say. Maybe, if there's a discussion that proves interesting, I'll figure out how to incorporate the comments into the final version of the ebook.
ReplyDeleteI've found the annotations written by Prof. Thomas Bachoff of Brown University. His comment about the mysterious "H. C." is : Howard Candler it is. See the many files. When EAA signed over a prepublication
copy of Flatland to his best friend, he wrote "To H. C., in particular" That volume is at the Trinity College Library, Cambridge, donated by Christopher Candler, brother of Clare Phillipson, grandson of Howard Candler.
I also like his note that "A Square" in the cover is a self-reference (A^2, or A·A, short for Abbott Abbott).