All the listeners, hearing of these unmerited sufferings, were filled with remorse and, not knowing the actual facts—that a demoralised world had just been returned to its proper orbit—felt they had been doubly guilty in causing such disaster and, most of all, in putting the lives of their eight companions in jeopardy. These expressions of sincere sympathy were received by the eight victims of an unkind fate as the apology to which they were entitled, and as the subject of the mutiny was not referred to, they considered they had kept their good names untarnished and won but the just reward of their integrity and, not to be outdone in generosity, they virtuously forgave their commanders, and unity was again restored. That same day all the ‘wave’ instruments of Earth received the message,— “In three days expect the _REGINA!_” ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Crown 8vo., 6s. “The Immortal Light,” —— BY —— JOHN MASTIN, F.S.A. +Scot.+, F.L.S., F.C.S., F.R.A.S., F.R.M.S., R.B.A., Author of “The Stolen Planet;” “The True Analysis of Milk;” “Parasites of Insects;” “Plate-Culture and Staining of Amœbæ;” “Through the Sun in an Airship,” &c. &c. —————— It is a scientific romance dealing with the adventures of a South Polar expedition, and holds the reader in a tremendous grip of interest and amazement from the first page to the last. Mr. Mastin has used his profound knowledge of chemistry, physics and art, so delightfully that the reader is fascinated with the simple, forceful, and convincing way in which the mysteries of the Antarctic region are explained, and the deep problems of science treated, and, whilst learning something from every page, he is carried from adventure to adventure with thrilling interest. The science and logic are so sound, and the story is so graphically written that the reader almost believes the adventures to have really happened. For sheer imaginative power alone the book demands first place amongst recent publications. HIS MAJESTY THE KING HAS MOST GRACIOUSLY CONDESCENDED TO ACCEPT A COPY OF THIS BOOK. ======================================================================== “Profound as is Mr. Mastin’s scientific knowledge, he never lets his technicalities interfere with the clear understanding of his story, either explaining them or putting them in such a way as to make them plain to the uninitiated.”—_Publisher and Bookseller._