[Dustcover Illustration] [Cover Illustration] THE MOON MAID [Illustration: The Moon Maid] THE MOON MAID BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS AUTHOR OF THE TARZAN BOOKS, THE MARTIAN STORIES, THE CAVE GIRL, THE BANDIT OF HELL’S BEND, Etc. [Illustration] N E W Y O R K G R O S S E T & D U N L A P P U B L I S H E R S Copyright Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 1926 ——— Published February, 1926 ——— _Copyrighted in Great Britain_ _Printed in the United States of America_ CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER PAGE Prologue—The Message from Mars. . . 1 I The Flight of _The Barsoom_. . . . 8 II The Heart of the Moon. . . . . . . 26 III Human Quadrupeds. . . . . . . . . . 40 IV In the Hands of the Va-gas. . . . . 54 V A Lunar Storm. . . . . . . . . . . 67 VI An Exodus and a Battle. . . . . . . 80 VII The Moon Maid Escapes. . . . . . . 94 VIII Into the Mouth of the Crater. . . . 105 IX The Fight with the Kalkars. . . . . 120 X The Kalkar City. . . . . . . . . . 131 XI Laythe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 XII Ko-tah Threatens the Princess. . . 160 XIII Ko-tah Is Killed. . . . . . . . . . 174 XIV Back to _The Barsoom_. . . . . . . 189 PART II THE MOON MEN Prologue—The Conquest. . . . . . . 207 I The Flag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 II The Hellhounds. . . . . . . . . . . 224 III Brother General Or-tis. . . . . . . 231 IV A Fight on Market Day. . . . . . . 243 V The Court-Martial. . . . . . . . . 252 VI Betrayed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 VII The Arrest of Julian 8th. . . . . . 276 VIII I Horsewhip an Officer. . . . . . . 281 IX Revolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 X The Butcher. . . . . . . . . . . . 300