New Lands

[1] In the first part of the book, Fort criticises astronomy, listing predictions astronomers made that never came true.

As evidence, in the second part of the book, he cites a number of anomalous phenomena, including strange "mirages" of land masses, groups of people, and animals in the skies.

His speculations (serious or joking, he does not reveal) concerning continents in the sky and the supposed top-like shape of the Earth have dated considerably.

It has been suggested that Fort's arrangement of the book - particularly his criticism of astronomers and long-established concepts in its opening chapters - risked it being seen as a piece of "crank literature".

It had poor sales - which led to Boni & Liveright turning down Fort's next book for publication.