Being a "stranger," I had no interest, save in seeing my long-cherished theories on the way to realisation; having no acquaintances, I had no friends to flatter or enemies to criticise; and, having no favors to ask, I found it easy, in a free off-hand way, to note my impressions with impartiality. I clothed my subject in a garb of fiction, that I might wrest from the reader the memories of the daily struggle with stubborn facts; I adopted a style, that I believed would be appreciated for its audacious novelty, and, though the eloquent flights of my chief character may seem picturesque, he but expresses the impressions, the feelings, and, further, the opinions of-- THE AUTHOR. INDEX. PAGE SCENE I 1-10 A Stormy Voyage.--Leo Bergin Appears.--He has Discovered the Great Discoverer.--Sudden Separation. SCENE II 11-17 Leo Bergin Turns Up.--Foolishly Dies.--Comfortably Buried.--The Strange Diary. SCENE III 18-61 A Strange Story.--Unravelling a Romantic Career.--Over the Oval to Cavatorus.--The Man from Symmes' Hole. SCENE IV 62-71 First Discoveries of Mr. Oseba.--The Splendor of the City of Eurania.--Reports on His Discoveries.--Discovered Ah, Sin, Lu and Other "Inferior" Races.--Somewhat Discovers Europe. SCENE V 72-86 The British Isles "Discovered".--Classic Land.--The Briton, the Salt of the Earth.--Britain, the Salt Mine.--Africa and South America Discovered.--Essay on Rights _v._ Color. SCENE VI 87-96 America Discovered.--Others a Little Ahead.--Britain's Noblest Contribution.--Wonderful Progress.--A Sad Story, but a Pleasing Digression. SCENE VII 98-108 Australia Discovered.--Mr. Oseba is Encouraged.--Lauds Australia's Achievements.--Room To Let.--Slowing Down Under a Heavier Load. SCENE VIII.--ACT I. 109-136 Mr. Oseba's Last Discovery.--New Zealand on the Map.--Zealandia, by the Poets.--Zelania, by the Shadowas.--Leo Bergin's Reveries.--Scenes so Grand that Words are Meaningless.--The Maoris Discovered.--Strange and Romantic. SCENE VIII.--ACT II. 137-160