A VOICE FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1874) - Written by W.S. Lach-Szyrma. The date 1874 marks when a selection of stories that Lach-Szyrma had written beginning at some point in untraced magazine stories around 1865 were finally collected in novel form. The author penned more novels in the series as the years went by.
Aleriel, an alien from Venus, has come to Earth by piloting a vessel into space, then hitching a ride on a comet he attaches it to. He is winged and, like other Venusians, has a lifespan of thousands of years. To better move around on Earth while observing humans, Aleriel tucks his wings under his shirt in a bulge that lets him pass for a hunchback. He uses the alias Dr. Posela.
Eventually during his years traveling among human beings, "Dr. Posela" rescues a friendly Englishman who is among those trapped in the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. The Earthling gets returned to England, and is delighted with Dr. Posela and his philosophical observations about humanity and his theories that life certainly exists on many other planets.
Dr. Posela's theories are enthusiastically embraced by the young Brit and he impresses his Oxford professors by including them in his own essays.
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