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Chapter 13 The Awful “Mista Kosek”
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Foreword xi
- Editor’s Preface xiii
- Editor’s Introduction xvii
- Illustration: First page of a Strange Manuscript in Harper’s Weekly (1888) lxi
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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
- The Finding of the Copper Cylinder 1
- Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean 10
- A World of Fire and Desolation 19
- The Sight of Human Beings 29
- The Torrent Sweeping Under the Mountains 40
- The New World 48
- Scientific Theories and Scepticism 60
- The Cave-Dwellers 72
- The Cavern of the Dead 80
- The Sacred Hunt 88
- The Swamp Monster 95
- The Baleful Sacrifice 103
- The Awful “Mista Kosek” 109
- I Learn My Doom 118
- The Kohen is Inexorable 126
- The Kosekin 135
- Belief and Unbelief 143
- A Voyage over the Pole 156
- The Wonders of the “Amir” 165
- The Dark Maiden Layelah 174
- The Flying Monster 183
- Escape 192
- The Island of Fire 200
- Recapture 208
- Falling, Like Icarus, Into the Sea 220
- Grimm’s Law Again 226
- Oxenden Preaches a Sermon 234
- In Prison 240
- The Ceremony of Separation 248
- The Day of Sacrifice 256
- Conclusion 264
- Explanatory Notes 271
- Description of First Appearance, Harper’s Weekly 305
- Other Published Versions of the Text 313
- Emendations in Copy-text 319
- Line-end Hyphenated Compounds in Copy-text 323
- Line-end Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition 325
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Foreword xi
- Editor’s Preface xiii
- Editor’s Introduction xvii
- Illustration: First page of a Strange Manuscript in Harper’s Weekly (1888) lxi
-
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
- The Finding of the Copper Cylinder 1
- Adrift in the Antarctic Ocean 10
- A World of Fire and Desolation 19
- The Sight of Human Beings 29
- The Torrent Sweeping Under the Mountains 40
- The New World 48
- Scientific Theories and Scepticism 60
- The Cave-Dwellers 72
- The Cavern of the Dead 80
- The Sacred Hunt 88
- The Swamp Monster 95
- The Baleful Sacrifice 103
- The Awful “Mista Kosek” 109
- I Learn My Doom 118
- The Kohen is Inexorable 126
- The Kosekin 135
- Belief and Unbelief 143
- A Voyage over the Pole 156
- The Wonders of the “Amir” 165
- The Dark Maiden Layelah 174
- The Flying Monster 183
- Escape 192
- The Island of Fire 200
- Recapture 208
- Falling, Like Icarus, Into the Sea 220
- Grimm’s Law Again 226
- Oxenden Preaches a Sermon 234
- In Prison 240
- The Ceremony of Separation 248
- The Day of Sacrifice 256
- Conclusion 264
- Explanatory Notes 271
- Description of First Appearance, Harper’s Weekly 305
- Other Published Versions of the Text 313
- Emendations in Copy-text 319
- Line-end Hyphenated Compounds in Copy-text 323
- Line-end Hyphenated Compounds in CEECT Edition 325