PHARAOH'S BROKER

BEING THE VERY REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES
IN ANOTHER WORLD OF
ISIDOR WERNER
(WRITTEN BY HIMSELF)

EDITED, ARRANGED, AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION

BY ELLSWORTH DOUGLASS

LONDON
C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET W.C.
1899


CONTENTS

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Introduction: Elusive Truth[7]
BOOK I. SECRETS OF SPACE
CHAPTER
I.Dr. Hermann Anderwelt[19]
II.The Gravity Projectile[27]
III.Structure of the Projectile[37]
IV.What is on Mars?[48]
V.Final Preparations[57]
VI.Farewell to Earth[67]
VII.The Terrors of Light[81]
VIII.The Valley of the Shadow[91]
IX.Tricks of Refraction[99]
X.The Twilight of Space[108]
XI.Telling the Time by Geography[117]
XII.Space Fever[126]
XIII.The Mystery of a Minus Weight[141]
BOOK II. OTHER WORLD LIFE
I.Why Mars gives a Red Light[157]
II.The Terror Birds[170]
III.Two of us against the Armies of Mars[182]
IV.The Strange Bravery of Miss Blank[192]
V.Zaphnath, Ruler of the Kemi[204]
VI.The Iron Men from the Blue Star[220]
VII.Parallel Planetary Life[240]
VIII.A Plagiarist of Dreams[249]
IX.Getting into the Corner[260]
X.Humanity on Ptah[275]
XI.Revolutionist and Eavesdropper[283]
XII.The Doctor Disappears[292]
XIII.The Revelation of Hotep[304]