XXXV. "A Certain Point Within a Circle"--Men are as Parasites
on the Roof of Earth, 230
XXXVI. The Drinks of Man, 235
XXVII. 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
ILLUSTRATIONS.
FULL-PAGE.
Likeness of The--Man--Who--Did--It. Frontispiece
PAGE.
Preface Introduction--"Here lies the bones," etc. iii.
"And to my amazement, saw a white-haired man." 7, 8.
"The same glittering, horrible, mysterious knife." 29, 30.
"Fac-simile of the mysterious manuscript of I--Am--The--Man--
Who--Did--It." 35, 36.
"My arms were firmly grasped by two persons." 47.
"Map of Kentucky near entrance to cavern." 85, 86.
"Confronted by a singular looking being." 95, 96.
"This struggling ray of sunlight is to be your last for
years." 101, 102.
"I was in a forest of colossal fungi." 117, 118.
"Monstrous cubical crystals." 131, 132.
"Far as the eye could reach the glassy barrier spread as a
crystal mirror." 147, 148.
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