Produced by Norm Wolcott [Redactor's note: In this one of his last books Donnelly presages later futurist works such as "Brave New World" and "1984". The original scans and OCR were provided by Mr. J.B. Hare; for further information about Donnelly and this book see http://www.sacred-texts.com/utopia/cc/index.htm. There is only one footnote marked {fn1.} ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CÆSAR'S COLUMN A Story of the Twentieth Century. BY IGNATIUS DONNELLY. writing as EDMUND BOISGILBERT, M.D. Chicago, F.J. Shulte & Co. [1890] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS To the Public I THE GREAT CITY II. MY ADVENTURE III. THE BEGGAR'S HOME IV. THE UNDER-WORLD V. ESTELLA WASHINGTON VI. THE INTERVIEW VII. THE HIDING-PLACE VIII. THE BROTHERHOOD IX. THE POISONED KNIFE X. PREPARATIONS FOR TO-NIGHT XI. HOW THE WORLD CAME TO BE RUINED XII. GABRIEL'S UTOPIA XIII. THE COUNCIL OF THE OLIGARCHY XIV. THE SPY'S STORY XV. THE MASTER OF "THE DEMONS" XVI. GABRIEL'S FOLLY XVII. THE FLIGHT AND PURSUIT XVIII. THE EXECUTION XIX. THE MAMELUKES OF THE AIR XX. THE WORKINGMEN'S MEETING XXI. A SERMON OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY XXII. ESTELLA AND I XXIII. MAX'S STORY-THE SONGSTRESS XXIV. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE JOURNEYMAN PRINTER XXV. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE DARK SHADOW XXVI. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE WIDOW AND HER SON XXVII. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE BLACKSMITH SHOP XXVIII. MAX'S STORY CONCLUDED--THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS XXIX. ELYSIUM XXX. UPON THE HOUSE-TOP XXXI. "SHEOL" XXXII. THE RAT-TRAP XXXIII. "THE OCEAN OVERPEERS ITS LIST" XXXIV. THE PRINCE GIVES HIS LAST BRIBE XXXV. THE LIBERATED PRISONER XXXVI. CÆSAR ERECTS HIS MONUMENT XXXVII. THE SECOND DAY XXXVIII. THE FLIGHT XXXIX. EUROPE XL. THE GARDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _"The true poet is only a masked father-confessor, whose special function it is to exhibit what is dangerous in sentiment and pernicious in action, by a vivid picture of the consequences."--Goethe._ To the Public