A STRANGE MANUSCRIPT FOUND IN A COPPER CYLINDER
By James De Mille
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I — THE FINDING OF THE COPPER CYLINDER
CHAPTER II — ADRIFT IN THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN
CHAPTER III — A WORLD OF FIRE AND DESOLATION
CHAPTER IV — THE SIGHT OF HUMAN BEINGS
CHAPTER V — THE TORRENT SWEEPING UNDER THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER VII — SCIENTIFIC THEORIES AND SCEPTICISM
CHAPTER VIII — THE CAVE-DWELLERS
CHAPTER IX — THE CAVERN OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER XI — THE SWAMP MONSTER
CHAPTER XII — THE BALEFUL SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XIII — THE AWFUL "MISTA KOSEK"
CHAPTER XV — THE KOHEN IS INEXORABLE
CHAPTER XVII — BELIEF AND UNBELIEF
CHAPTER XVIII — A VOYAGE OVER THE POLE
CHAPTER XIX — THE WONDERS OF THE "AMIR"
CHAPTER XX — THE DARK MAIDEN LAYELAH
CHAPTER XXI — THE FLYING MONSTER
CHAPTER XXIII — THE ISLAND OF FIRE
CHAPTER XXV — FALLING, LIKE ICARUS, INTO THE SEA
CHAPTER XXVI — GRIMM'S LAW AGAIN
CHAPTER XXVII — OXENDEN PREACHES A SERMON
CHAPTER XXIX — THE CEREMONY OF SEPARATION
CHAPTER XXX — THE DAY OF SACRIFICE
CHAPTER I — THE FINDING OF THE COPPER CYLINDER
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