Enrique Gaspar, the Writer who Unveiled the First Time Machine Before H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells is considered the original creator of stories about machines capable of time travel, but what if a writer had devised something similar years earlier?

Here is an excerpt from a review about a very special book, in a chronicle published on Friday 18 February 1887 in the magazine La Dinastía, Barcelona (Spain):

The volume (…) is adorned with illustrations by Gómez Soler and is written by the prolific and acclaimed playwright Don Enrique Gaspar. The book has…