AS I GAZED, LO! A SHOWER OF BLAZING JEWELS ISSUED FROM THE MOUTH OF THE HEHORRENT, _Leonard M. Davis_, 191 "BY VIRTUE OF THE SPIRIT POWER IN THIS CABLE," SAID THE SORCERER, "I WILL THAT THE MAGICAL ISLAND OF ARJEELS SHALL RISE ABOVE THE WAVES," _C. Durand Chapman_, 197 THE SHIP IN COMPANY WITH A VAST VOLUME OF WATER SPRANG INTO THE AIR TO A GREAT HEIGHT, " 223 WE SLOWLY DRAGGED OURSELVES ACROSS THE RANGE OF ICY PEAKS, " 241 I MOUNTED THE TRUNK AND PROPOSED THE HEALTH OF HER MAJESTY LYONE, QUEEN OF ATVATABAR, _R. W. Rattray_, 261 LYONE REACHED FOR A FLOWER, AND IN DOING SO TOUCHED THE VASE, AND IMMEDIATELY FELL DEAD UPON THE FLOOR, _C. Durand Chapman_, 273 AT THIS JUNCTURE A SHELL OF TERRORITE EXPLODED AMONG THE FOE WITH THRILLING EFFECT, DESTROYING AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED BOCKHOCKIDS, _Walter M. Dunk_, 285 HEAVENS AND EARTH! HE WAS HOLDING LYONE IN HIS ARMS, ALIVE FROM THE LIVING BATTERY! LYONE, THE PEERLESS SOUL OF SOULS, ALIVE ONCE MORE AND TRIUMPHANT OVER DEATH, _C. Durand Chapman_, 293 WE SAT THUS CROWNED AMID THE TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT. THE PEOPLE SHOUTED, "LIFE, HEALTH AND PROSPERITY TO OUR SOVEREIGN LORD AND LADY, LEXINGTON AND LYONE, KING AND QUEEN OF ATVATABAR," _Allan B. Doggett_, 307 OI MADE BHOOLY AN' KOSHNILI KNEEL DOWN, AN' A SOJER TIED THEIR HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS. THEN OI ORDHERED A WAYLEAL TO BEHEAD THIM WID THEIR OWN SWORDS, _Allan B. Doggett_, 313 * * * * * INTRODUCTION. It is proper that some explanation be made as to the position occupied by the following story in the realm of fiction, and that a brief estimate should be made of its literary value.