PAGE.

iii.

Preface Introduction—"Here lies the bones," etc.

7,

8.

"And to my amazement, saw a white-haired man."

29,

30.

"The same glittering, horrible, mysterious knife."

35,

36.

"Fac-simile of the mysterious manuscript of I—Am—The—Man—Who—Did—It.

47

"My arms were firmly grasped by two persons." [Illustration missing?—JBH]

85,

86.

"Map of Kentucky near entrance to cavern."

95,

96.

"Confronted by a singular looking being."

101,

102.

"This struggling ray of sunlight is to be your last for years."

117,

118.

"I was in a forest of colossal fungi."

131,

132.

"Monstrous cubical crystals."

147,

148.

"Far as the eye could reach the glassy barrier spread as a crystal mirror."

157,

158.

"Soliloquy of Prof. Daniel Vaughn—'Gravitation is the beginning, and gravitation is the end; all earthly bodies kneel to gravitation."'

165,

166.

"We came to a metal boat."

197,

198.

"Facing the open window he turned the pupils of his eyes upward."

205,

206.

"We finally reached a precipitous bluff."

209,

210.

"The wall descended perpendicularly to seemingly infinite depths."

255,

256.

Etidorhpa.

297,

298.

"We passed through caverns filled with creeping reptiles."

303,

304.

"Flowers and structures beautiful, insects gorgeous."

307,

308.

"With fear and trembling I crept on my knees to his side."

332,

333.

Diagram descriptive of journey from the Kentucky cavern to the "End of Earth," showing section of earth's crust.

347,

348.

"Suspended in vacancy, he seemed to float."

357,

358.

"I stood alone in my room holding the mysterious manuscript."

363.

Fac-simile of letter from I—Am—The—Man.

364,

365.

Manuscript dedication of Author's Edition.

iv.

"The Stern Face." Fac-simile, reduced from copper plate title page of the botanical work (1708), 917 pages, of Simonis Paulli, D., a Danish physician. Original plate 7x5½ inches.

v.

"The Pleasant Face." Fac-simile of the original copper plate frontispiece to the finely illustrated botanical work of Joannes Burmannus, M. D., descriptive of the plants collected by Carolus Plumierus. Antique. Original plate 9x13 inches.

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vi.

"Skeleton forms oppose my own." Photograph of John Uri Lloyd in the gloomy alcove of the antiquated library.

12.

"Let me have your answer now."

14.

"I espied upon the table a long white hair."

32.

"Drew the knife twice across the front of the door-knob."

52.

"I was taken from the vehicle, and transferred to a block-house."

54.

"The dead man was thrown overboard."

58.

"A mirror was thrust beneath my gaze."

70.

"I am the man you seek."

106.

"We approach daylight, I can see your face."

108.

"Seated himself on a natural bench of stone."

129.

"An endless variety of stony figures."

136.

Cuts showing water and brine surfaces.

137.

Cuts showing earth chambers in which water rises above brine.

138, 139.

Cuts showing that if properly connected, water and brine reverse the usual law as to the height of their surfaces.

143.

"I bounded upward fully six feet."

144.

"I fluttered to the earth as a leaf would fall."

145.

"We leaped over great inequalities."

173.

"The bit of garment fluttered listlessly away to the distance, and then-vacancy."

182.

Cut showing that water may be made to flow from a tube higher than the surface of the water.

184.

Cut showing how an artesian fountain may be made without earth strata.

191.

"Rising abruptly, he grasped my hand."

200.

"A brain, a living brain, my own brain."

211.

"Shape of drop of water in the earth cavern."

227.

"We would skip several rods, alighting gently."

229.

"An uncontrollable, inexpressible desire to flee."

232.

"I dropped on my knees before him."

234.

"Handing me one of the halves, he spoke the single word, 'Drink."

242.

"Each finger pointed towards the open way in front."

280.

"Telescoped energy spheres."

281.

"Space dirt on energy spheres."

313.

"I drew back the bar of iron to smite the apparently defenseless being in the forehead."

315.

"He sprung from the edge of the cliff into the abyss below, carrying me with him into its depths."

336.

"The Earth and its atmosphere."