* * * * *The five years have passed, and I have set my hand to the foregoing. Gilhooly and Meigs have crossed to the great majority, but the strenuous work they did in the interests of the people is an imperishable monument to their memory. Popham and Markham are still laboring for the good of the cause.The return to home and friends of these four, long given up for dead, caused a sensation throughout the country. True to the expressed wish of Professor Quinn, none of them has breathed a whisper of the marvelous things he saw, or of the weird experiences that fell to his lot while journeying to and from Njambai, and while sojourning upon that planet.So far as I am concerned, my life since my return to Earth has been as spotless as a thorough reformation could make it. As far as I could, I have reimbursed those from whom I took what was not rightfully mine, I have pleaded the cause of the poor man, and helped him liberally out of the generous fortune bestowed upon me by Professor Quinn, and I intend to pursue this line of action until the last day of my life.Could a reformed burglar have a more suitable occupation?THE END.* * * * * * * *SCIENCE FICTIONAbout, Edmond. The Man with the Broken Ear. 1872Allen, Grant. The British Barbarians: A Hill-Top Novel. 1895Arnold, Edwin L. Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation. 1905Ash, Fenton. A Trip to Mars. 1909Aubrey, Frank. A Queen of Atlantis. 1899Bargone, Charles (Claude Farrere, pseud.). Useless Hands. [1926]Beale, Charles Willing. The Secret of the Earth. 1899Bell, Eric Temple (John Taine, pseud.). Before the Dawn. 1934Benson, Robert Hugh. Lord of the World. 1908Beresford, J. D. The Hampdenshire Wonder. 1911Bradshaw, William R. The Goddess of Atvatabar. 1892Capek, Karel. Krakatit. 1925Chambers, Robert W. The Gay Rebellion. 1913Colomb, P. et al. The Great War of 189-. 1893Cook, William Wallace. Adrift in the Unknown, n.d.Cummings, Ray. The Man Who Mastered Time. 1929[DeMille, James]. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. 1888Dixon, Thomas. The Fall of a Nation: A Sequel to the Birth of a Nation. 1916England, George Allan. The Golden Blight. 1916Fawcett, E. Douglas. Hartmann the Anarchist. 1893Flammarion, Camille. Omega: The Last Days of the World. 1894Grant, Robert et al. The King's Men: A Tale of To-Morrow. 1884Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich (Parabellum, pseud.). Banzai! 1909Graves, C. L. and E. V. Lucas. The War of the Wenuses. 1898Greer, Tom. A Modern Daedalus. [1887]Griffith, George. A Honeymoon in Space. 1901Grousset, Paschal (A. Laurie, pseud.). The Conquest of the Moon. 1894Haggard, H. Rider. When the World Shook. 1919Hernaman-Johnson, F. The Polyphemes. 1906Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe. Empire of the World. [1910]In The Future. [1875]Jane, Fred T. The Violet Flame. 1899Jefferies, Richard. After London; Or, Wild England. 1885Le Queux, William. The Great White Queen. [1896]London, Jack. The Scarlet Plague. 1915Mitchell, John Ames. Drowsy. 1917Morris, Ralph. The Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel. 1751Newcomb, Simon. His Wisdom The Defender: A Story. 1900Paine, Albert Bigelow. The Great White Way. 1901Pendray, Edward (Gawain Edwards, pseud.). The Earth-Tube. 1929Reginald, R. and Douglas Menville. Ancestral Voices: An Anthology of Early Science Fiction. 1974Russell, W. Clark. The Frozen Pirate. 2 vols. in 1. 1887Shiel, M. P. The Lord of the Sea. 1901Symmes, John Cleaves (Captain Adam Seaborn, pseud.). Symzonia. 1820Train, Arthur and Robert W. Wood. The Man Who Rocked the Earth. 1915Waterloo, Stanley. The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. 1903White, Stewart E. and Samuel H. Adams. The Mystery. 1907Wicks, Mark. To Mars Via the Moon. 1911Wright, Sydney Fowler. Deluge: A Romance and Dawn. 2 vols. in 1. 1928/1929*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOKADRIFT IN THE UNKNOWN***
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The five years have passed, and I have set my hand to the foregoing. Gilhooly and Meigs have crossed to the great majority, but the strenuous work they did in the interests of the people is an imperishable monument to their memory. Popham and Markham are still laboring for the good of the cause.
The return to home and friends of these four, long given up for dead, caused a sensation throughout the country. True to the expressed wish of Professor Quinn, none of them has breathed a whisper of the marvelous things he saw, or of the weird experiences that fell to his lot while journeying to and from Njambai, and while sojourning upon that planet.
So far as I am concerned, my life since my return to Earth has been as spotless as a thorough reformation could make it. As far as I could, I have reimbursed those from whom I took what was not rightfully mine, I have pleaded the cause of the poor man, and helped him liberally out of the generous fortune bestowed upon me by Professor Quinn, and I intend to pursue this line of action until the last day of my life.
Could a reformed burglar have a more suitable occupation?
THE END.
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SCIENCE FICTION
About, Edmond. The Man with the Broken Ear. 1872Allen, Grant. The British Barbarians: A Hill-Top Novel. 1895Arnold, Edwin L. Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation. 1905Ash, Fenton. A Trip to Mars. 1909Aubrey, Frank. A Queen of Atlantis. 1899Bargone, Charles (Claude Farrere, pseud.). Useless Hands. [1926]Beale, Charles Willing. The Secret of the Earth. 1899Bell, Eric Temple (John Taine, pseud.). Before the Dawn. 1934Benson, Robert Hugh. Lord of the World. 1908Beresford, J. D. The Hampdenshire Wonder. 1911Bradshaw, William R. The Goddess of Atvatabar. 1892Capek, Karel. Krakatit. 1925Chambers, Robert W. The Gay Rebellion. 1913Colomb, P. et al. The Great War of 189-. 1893Cook, William Wallace. Adrift in the Unknown, n.d.Cummings, Ray. The Man Who Mastered Time. 1929[DeMille, James]. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. 1888Dixon, Thomas. The Fall of a Nation: A Sequel to the Birth of a Nation. 1916England, George Allan. The Golden Blight. 1916Fawcett, E. Douglas. Hartmann the Anarchist. 1893Flammarion, Camille. Omega: The Last Days of the World. 1894Grant, Robert et al. The King's Men: A Tale of To-Morrow. 1884Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich (Parabellum, pseud.). Banzai! 1909Graves, C. L. and E. V. Lucas. The War of the Wenuses. 1898Greer, Tom. A Modern Daedalus. [1887]Griffith, George. A Honeymoon in Space. 1901Grousset, Paschal (A. Laurie, pseud.). The Conquest of the Moon. 1894Haggard, H. Rider. When the World Shook. 1919Hernaman-Johnson, F. The Polyphemes. 1906Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe. Empire of the World. [1910]In The Future. [1875]Jane, Fred T. The Violet Flame. 1899Jefferies, Richard. After London; Or, Wild England. 1885Le Queux, William. The Great White Queen. [1896]London, Jack. The Scarlet Plague. 1915Mitchell, John Ames. Drowsy. 1917Morris, Ralph. The Life and Astonishing Adventures of John Daniel. 1751Newcomb, Simon. His Wisdom The Defender: A Story. 1900Paine, Albert Bigelow. The Great White Way. 1901Pendray, Edward (Gawain Edwards, pseud.). The Earth-Tube. 1929Reginald, R. and Douglas Menville. Ancestral Voices: An Anthology of Early Science Fiction. 1974Russell, W. Clark. The Frozen Pirate. 2 vols. in 1. 1887Shiel, M. P. The Lord of the Sea. 1901Symmes, John Cleaves (Captain Adam Seaborn, pseud.). Symzonia. 1820Train, Arthur and Robert W. Wood. The Man Who Rocked the Earth. 1915Waterloo, Stanley. The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man. 1903White, Stewart E. and Samuel H. Adams. The Mystery. 1907Wicks, Mark. To Mars Via the Moon. 1911Wright, Sydney Fowler. Deluge: A Romance and Dawn. 2 vols. in 1. 1928/1929
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