J. A. Mitchell was the founder and editor of Life magazine, but he also wrote at least one satirical science fiction novel, The Last American, back in 1889.
As James R. Rummel explains, it “details how a Persian sailing ship in 2951 makes landfall amongst the ruins of a once great city, Nhu-Yok.”
Children’s Books Online presents it with its original illustrations, which I quite enjoyed:
(The Last American is also available in print, by the way.)