Contents

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PROLOGUE—History of Llewellyn Drury,

1

CHAPTER.

I.

Home of Llewellyn Drury—"Never Less Alone than When Alone."

3

II.

A Friendly Conference with Prof. Chickering,

16

III.

A Second Interview with the Mysterious Visitor,

23

IV.

A Search for Knowledge—The Alchemistic Letter.

35

V.

The Writing of "My Confession,"

44

VI.

Kidnapped,

46

VII.

A Wild Night—I am Prematurely Aged,

55

VIII.

A Lesson in Mind Study,

63

IX.

I Can Not Establish My Identity,

67

X.

My Journey Towards the End of Earth Begins—The Adepts’ Brotherhood,

74

XI.

My Journey Continues—Instinct,

80

XII.

A Cavern Discovered—Biswell's Hill,

84

XIII.

The Punch Bowls and Caverns of Kentucky—"Into the Unknown Country,"

89

XIV.

Farewell to God's Sunshine—"The Echo of the Cry,"

99

XV.

A Zone of Light, Deep Within the Earth,

105

XVI.

Vitalized Darkness—The Narrows in Science,

109

XVII.

The Fungus Forest—Enchantment,

119

XVIII.

The Food of Man,

123

XIX.

The Cry from a Distance—I Rebel Against Continuing the Journey,

128

FIRST INTERLUDE.—THE NARRATIVE INTERRUPTED.

XX.

My Unbidden Guest Proves His Statements, and Refutes My Philosophy,

134

MY UNBIDDEN GUEST CONTINUES HIS MANUSCRIPT.

XXI.

My Weight Disappearing,

142

SECOND INTERLUDE.

XXII.

The Story Again Interrupted—My Guest Departs,

149

XXIII.

Scientific Men Questioned—Aristotle's Ether,

151

XXIV.

The Soliloquy of Prof. Daniel Vaughn—"Gravitation is the Beginning and Gravitation is the End: All Earthly Bodies Kneel to Gravitation,"

156

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THE UNBIDDEN GUEST RETURNS TO READ HIS MANUSCRIPT, CONTINUING THE NARRATIVE.

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XXV.

The Mother of a Volcano—"You Can Not Disprove, and You Dare Not Admit,"

162

XXVI.

Motion from Inherent Energy—"Lead Me Deeper Into this Expanding Study,"

169

XXVII.

Sleep, Dreams, Nightmare—"Strangle the Life from My Body,"

175

THIRD INTERLUDE.—THE NARRATIVE AGAIN INTERRUPTED.

XXVIII.

A Challenge—My Unbidden Guest Accepts It,

179

XXIX.

Beware of Biology—The Science of the Life of Man—The Old Man relates a Story as an Object Lesson,

186

XXX.

Looking Backward—The Living Brain,

193

THE MANUSCRIPT CONTINUED.

XXXI.

A Lesson on Volcanoes—Primary Colors are Capable of Farther Subdivision,

204

XXXII.

Matter is Retarded Motion—"A Wail of Sadness Inexpressible,"

218

XXXIII.

"A Study of True Science is a Study of God"—Communing with Angels,

224

XXXIV.

I Cease to Breathe, and Yet Live,

226

XXXV.

"A Certain Point Within a Circle"—Men are as Parasites on the Roof of Earth,

230

XXXVI.

The Drinks of Man,

235

XXXVII.

The Drunkard's Voice,

238

XXXVIII.

The Drunkard's Den,

240

XXXIX.

Among the Drunkards,

247

XL.

Further Temptation—Etidorhpa Appears,

252

XLI.

Misery,

262

XLII.

Eternity Without Time,

272

FOURTH INTERLUDE.

XLIII.

The Last Contest,

277

THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED.

XLIV.

The Fathomless Abyss—The Edge of the Earth's Shell,

306

XLV.

My Heart-throb is Stilled, and Yet I Live,

310

XLVI.

The Inner Circle, or the End of Gravitation—In the Bottomless Gulf,

317

XLVII.

Hearing Without Ears—"What Will Be the End?"

322

XLVIII.

Why and How—The Straggling Ray of Light from those Farthermost Outreaches,

327

XLIX.

Oscillating Through Space—The Earth Shell Above Us,

333

L.

My Weight Annihilated—"Tell me," I cried in alarm, "is this a Living Tomb?"

340

LI.

Is That a Mortal?—"The End of Earth,"

345

FIFTH INTERLUDE.

LII.

The Last Farewell,

352

EPILOGUE—Letter Accompanying the Mysterious Manuscript,

360