All Items 4 Collection 1 Archives & Special Collections 4 Contributor 1 Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887 4 Location 2 Amherst 4 Massachusetts 4 Topic 7 College students' writings, American 4 Fiction 2 Science fiction 2 Space flight 2 Riddles 1 Short stories 1 Voyages and travels 1 show more 2 show fewer Part Of 1 Sidney Brooks (AC 1841) Papers 4 Genre 1 Short stories 4 Philosophical speculations, number 2 Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887 Sidney Brooks science fiction short story titled "Philosophical Speculations, No. 2." Brooks writes of a voyage from the earth to the moon using the power of repulsion. This document is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College. Philosophical speculations, number 2 Sidney Brooks writings on a sea captain's voyage Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887 Sidney Brooks writings in which he recounts the story of a distressing sea voyage in the summer of 1829 as he says was told to him by a "sea captain." The voyage of the captain begins in the port of Savannah, presumably Savannah, Georgia. This document is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College. Sidney Brooks writings on a sea captain's voyage A riddle Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887 Sidney Brooks story regarding a riddle told to a circle of boys by Seth Paine. Brooks writes that Paine asked the boys to tell him which animal most resembles a man. Brooks notes the answers the boys gave to Paine and then the conclusion of the riddle, that it is a great large boy that is the animal that looks most like a man but is not a man. This document is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College. A riddle Philosophical speculations, number 1 Brooks, Sidney, 1813-1887 Sidney Brooks science fiction short story addressed to "Mr. Editor" and titled "Philosophical Speculations, No. 1." Brooks writes of a voyage from the earth to the moon using the power of repulsion. This document is presumed to be related to Brooks' studies at Phillips Academy or Amherst College. Philosophical speculations, number 1
