“Imustnotforgethere，thatthestarsappearedonlyonthatsideoftheglobeturnedtowardthemoon，andthattheclosertheyweretoitthelargertheyseemed。Ihavealsotoinformyouthat，whetheritwascalmweatherorstormy，Ifoundmyself_alwaysimmediatelybetweenthemoonandtheearth。_I__wasconvincedofthisfortworeasons-becausemybirdsalwaysflewinastraightline；andbecausewheneverweattemptedtorest，_wewerecarriedinsensiblyaroundtheglobeoftheearth。_ForIadmittheopinionofCopernicus，whomaintainsthatitneverceasestorevolve_fromtheeasttothewest，_notuponthepolesoftheEquinoctial，commonlycalledthepolesoftheworld，butuponthoseoftheZodiac，aquestionofwhichI
proposetospeakmoreatlengthhere-after，whenIshallhaveleisuretorefreshmymemoryinregardtotheastrologywhichIlearnedatSalamancawhenyoung，andhavesinceforgotten。”
Notwithstandingtheblundersitalicized，thebookisnotwithoutsomeclaimtoattention，asaffordinganaivespecimenofthecurrentastronomicalnotionsofthetime。Oneoftheseassumed，thatthe“gravitatingpower“extendedbutashortdistancefromtheearth’ssurface，and，accordingly，wefindourvoyager“carriedinsensiblyaroundtheglobe。”etc。
Therehavebeenother“voyagestothemoon。”butnoneofhighermeritthantheonejustmentioned。ThatofBergeracisutterlymeaningless。
Inthethirdvolumeofthe“AmericanQuarterlyReview“willbefoundquiteanelaboratecriticismuponacertain“journey“ofthekindinquestionacriticisminwhichitisdifficulttosaywhetherthecriticmostexposesthestupidityofthebook，orhisownabsurdignoranceofastronomy。Iforgetthetitleofthework；butthe_means_ofthevoyagearemoredeplorablyillconceivedthanareeventhe_ganzas_ofourfriendtheSignorGonzales。Theadventurer，indiggingtheearth，happenstodiscoverapeculiarmetalforwhichthemoonhasastrongattraction，andstraightwayconstructsofitabox，which，whencastloosefromitsterrestrialfastenings，flieswithhim，forthwith，tothesatellite。The“FlightofThomasO’Rourke。”isa_jeud’esprit_notaltogethercontemptible，andhasbeentranslatedintoGerman。Thomas，thehero，was，infact，thegamekeeperofanIrishpeer，whoseeccentricitiesgaverisetothetale。The“flight“ismadeonaneagle’sback，fromHungryHill，aloftymountainattheendofBantryBay。