The Project Gutenberg eBook ofDrowsyThis ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.Title: DrowsyAuthor: John Ames MitchellIllustrator: Angus MacDonallRelease date: December 25, 2016 [eBook #53802]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: E-text prepared by Ralph and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DROWSY ***
This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online atwww.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.
Title: DrowsyAuthor: John Ames MitchellIllustrator: Angus MacDonallRelease date: December 25, 2016 [eBook #53802]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: E-text prepared by Ralph and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
Title: Drowsy
Author: John Ames MitchellIllustrator: Angus MacDonall
Author: John Ames Mitchell
Illustrator: Angus MacDonall
Release date: December 25, 2016 [eBook #53802]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024
Language: English
Credits: E-text prepared by Ralph and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Drowsy, by John Ames Mitchell, Illustrated by Angus Macdonall and John Ames Mitchell
BY THE SAME AUTHORThe Summer School of Philosophy at Mt. DesertThe Romance of the MoonThe Last American"Life's" Fairy TalesAmos JuddThat First AffairDr. Thorne's IdeaThe Pines of LoryThe Villa ClaudiaThe Silent WarPandora's Box
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt. Desert
The Romance of the Moon
The Last American
"Life's" Fairy Tales
Amos Judd
That First Affair
Dr. Thorne's Idea
The Pines of Lory
The Villa Claudia
The Silent War
Pandora's Box
"A FANTASTIC, SOLEMN REGION"—Page 208
"A FANTASTIC, SOLEMN REGION"—Page 208
By
John Ames Mitchell
Author of "The Last American," "Amos Judd,""Pines of Lory," "Pandora's Box," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYANGUS MACDONALL AND THE AUTHOR
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Copyright, 1917, byJohn Ames Mitchell
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This is not a fairy tale.
The wonders of to-day, we are told by scientists, will be to-morrow the common things of daily life.
Wireless telegraphy, it appears, is but the crude beginning to a deeper knowledge of the mysteries that surround us. Waves of thought, like waves of light, obedient to our will, may supplant the spoken word and the written message.
And we learn that Space, the borderless abyss through which we move, is vibrant with electric life. But still unsolved is the mystery of the force that holds the moon, for instance, to its orbit around the earth. And it holds it with a mightier power than bars of steel.
If it be true that the human voice goes out into space, on and forever, as other waves, why should not a lover on a nearby planet receive the message from an earthly maiden? If waves of thought keep pace with waves of light, the call of a human heart would surely reach him.
This tale of Drowsy is the somewhat romantic narrative of a woman and a reckless lover. An unusual lover, to be sure, with a singular inheritance; but very human—and with a full equipment of human faultsand virtues. While his achievements may seem to us incredible, the coming generation may regard them as commonplace events.
It was Pliny, the elder, who said, "Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time?"
So, if this story of Drowsy seems a fairy tale, let us remember that the Atlantic Cable would be a fairy tale to Columbus.
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