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CONTENTS.

    BOOK I.

  • I. -JUPITER. 3
  • II. -ANTECEDENTAL 17
  • III. -PRESIDENT BEARWARDEN'S SPEECH 20
  • IV. -PROF. CORTLANDT'S HISTORICAL SKETCH
    OF THE WORLD IN A.D. 2000 34
  • V. -DR. CORTLANDT'S HISTORY CONTINUED 52
  • VI. -FAR-REACHING PLANS 80
  • VII. -HARD AT WORK 95
  • VIII.-GOOD-BYE 109

    BOOK II.

  • I. -THE LAST OF THE EARTH 121
  • II. -SPACE AND MARS 130
  • III. -HEAVENLY BODIES 144
  • IV. -PREPARING TO ALIGHT 155
  • V. -EXPLORATION AND EXCITEMENT 162
  • VI. -MASTODON AND WILL-O'-THE-WISP 172
  • VII. -AN UNSEEN HUNTER 186
  • VIII.-SPORTSMEN'S REVERIES 195
  • IX. -THE HONEY OF DEATH 207
  • X. -CHANGING LANDSCAPES 220

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    XI. -A JOVIAN NIAGARA 232
  • XII. -HILLS AND VALLEYS 247
  • XIII.-NORTH-POLAR DISCOVERIES 266
  • XIV. -THE SCENE SHIFTS 281

    BOOK III.

  • I. -SATURN 299
  • II. -THE SPIRIT'S FIRST VISIT 310
  • III. -DOUBTS AND PHILOSOPHY 328
  • IV. -A PROVIDENTIAL INTERVENTION 339
  • V. -AYRAULT'S VISION 347
  • VI. -A GREAT VOID AND A GREAT LONGING 353
  • VII. -THE SPIRIT'S SECOND VISIT 373
  • VIII.-CASSANDRA AND COSMOLOGY 387
  • IX. -DR. CORTLANDT SEES HIS GRAVE 410
  • X. -AYRAULT 421
  • XI. -DREAMLAND TO SHADOWLAND 431
  • XII. -SHEOL 442
  • XIII.-THE PRIEST'S SERMON 450
  • XIV. -HIC ILLE JACET 458
  • XV. -MOTHER EARTH 471