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A Voyage to Other Worlds.
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and my journeys since we parted. May every blessing rest on you and yours, and may you in time rejoice in a happier world!
"Aleriel."
I read and re-read this curious note, and then proceeded to read over the MS. It was, indeed, a strange document. I could hardly restrain expressing my astonishment in many places, and had a difficulty in following it; but I give it here just as I received it, hoping my readers may have as much pleasure and wonder as I had in its perusal. The manuscript read as follows:—