Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth. / The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey

by John Uri Lloyd

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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• Likeness of The—Man—Who—Did—It.[Frontispiece]
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• Preface Introduction—"Here lies the bones," etc.[iii.]
• "And to my amazement, saw a white-haired man."[7, 8.]
• "The same glittering, horrible, mysterious knife."[29, 30.]
• "Fac-simile of the mysterious manuscript of I—Am—The—Man—Who—Did—It.[35, 36.]
• "My arms were firmly grasped by two persons."[47.]
• "Map of Kentucky near entrance to cavern."[85, 86.]
• "Confronted by a singular looking being."[95, 96.]
• "This struggling ray of sunlight is to be your last for years."[101, 102.]
• "I was in a forest of colossal fungi."[117, 118.]
• "Monstrous cubical crystals."[131, 132.]
• "Far as the eye could reach the glassy barrier spread as a crystal mirror."[147, 148.]
• "Soliloquy of Prof. Daniel Vaughn—'Gravitation is the beginning, and gravitation is the end; all earthly bodies kneel to gravitation.'"[157, 158.]
• "We came to a metal boat."[165, 166.]
• "Facing the open window he turned the pupils of his eyes upward."[197, 198.]
• "We finally reached a precipitous bluff."[205, 206.]
• "The wall descended perpendicularly to seemingly infinite depths."[209, 210.]
• Etidorhpa.[255, 256.]
• "We passed through caverns filled with creeping reptiles."[297, 298.]
• "Flowers and structures beautiful, insects gorgeous."[303, 304.]
• "With fear and trembling I crept on my knees to his side."[307, 308.]
• Diagram descriptive of journey from the Kentucky cavern to the "End of Earth," showing section of earth's crust.[332, 333.]
• "Suspended in vacancy, he seemed to float."[347, 348.]
• "I stood alone in my room holding the mysterious manuscript."[357, 358.]
• Fac-simile of letter from I—Am—The—Man.[363.]
• Manuscript dedication of Author's Edition.[364, 365.]

HALF-PAGE AND TEXT CUTS.

• "The Stern Face." Fac-simile, reduced from copper plate title page of the botanical work (1708), 917 pages, of Simonis Paulli, D., a Danish physician. Original plate 7 × 5-1/2 inches.[iv.]
• "The Pleasant Face." Fac-simile of the original copper plate frontispiece to the finely illustrated botanical work of Joannes Burmannus, M.D., descriptive of the plants collected by Carolus Plumierus. Antique. Original plate 9 × 13 inches.[v.]
• "Skeleton forms oppose my own." Photograph of John Uri Lloyd in the gloomy alcove of the antiquated library.[vi.]
• "Let me have your answer now."[12.]
• "I espied upon the table a long white hair."[14.]
• "Drew the knife twice across the front of the door-knob."[32.]
• "I was taken from the vehicle, and transferred to a block-house."[52.]
• "The dead man was thrown overboard."[54.]
• "A mirror was thrust beneath my gaze."[58.]
• "I am the man you seek."[70.]
• "We approach daylight, I can see your face."[106.]
• "Seated himself on a natural bench of stone."[108.]
• "An endless variety of stony figures."[129.]
• Cuts showing water and brine surfaces.[136.]
• Cuts showing earth chambers in which water rises above brine.[137.]
• Cuts showing that if properly connected, water and brine reverse the usual law as to the height of their surfaces.[138, 139.]
• "I bounded upward fully six feet."[143.]
• "I fluttered to the earth as a leaf would fall."[144.]
• "We leaped over great inequalities."[145.]
• "The bit of garment fluttered listlessly away to the distance, and then—vacancy."[173.]
• Cut showing that water may be made to flow from a tube higher than the surface of the water.[182.]
• Cut showing how an artesian fountain may be made without earth strata.[184.]
• "Rising abruptly, he grasped my hand."[191.]
• "A brain, a living brain, my own brain."[200.]
• "Shape of drop of water in the earth cavern."[211.]
• "We would skip several rods, alighting gently."[227.]
• "An uncontrollable, inexpressible desire to flee."[229.]
• "I dropped on my knees before him."[232.]
• "Handing me one of the halves, he spoke the single word, 'Drink.'"[234.]
• "Each finger pointed towards the open way in front."[242.]
• "Telescoped energy spheres."[280.]
• "Space dirt on energy spheres."[281.]
• "I drew back the bar of iron to smite the apparently defenseless being in the forehead."[313.]
• "He sprung from the edge of the cliff into the abyss below, carrying me with him into its depths."[315.]
• "The Earth and its atmosphere."[336.]

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