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  2. THE EDITOR'S COMMISSION.

    I introduced myself, and the stately gentleman opposite to me bowed a cordial welcome. I could see that he possessed even, more than the usual share of that promptness to seize a ...

    Article : 422 words
  3. THEIR MUSTY LAWS.

    This influenced their unostentatious government. They had no mitten laws. The oldest man—where all enjoyed physical health—was, however, the arbiter for the ...

    Article : 480 words
  4. WE CONVERSE.

    Bat the most curious thing about these very strange Antarctic people was their language. It was English, but remarkable English. Exactly the same childish patter ...

    Article : 239 words
  5. A FIERY-HAIRED MAN AND HIS STRANGE CONVEYANCE.

    "Impossible?" I heard a carious voice remark. "Nonsense." I opened my eyes; and—new marvel!—the palatial office and the street had vanished. I was on the ...

    Article : 677 words
  6. WE ARRIVE AT THE SOUTH POLE.

    The rest of his sentence was broken by a crash. I was stunned, and as I fainted I heard the compressed air escaping from the fractured chambers of the machine with the ...

    Article : 305 words
  7. "THE LAND OF THE HOGS."

    I got the answer little by little in that curious broken language of our little children. 1 had noticed a slight Hebraic expression of feature in this people, and opportunely ...

    Article : 501 words
  8. THE THUNDER GOD AND HIS COMICAL WORSHIP.

    But the denizens of this place had no idea that this huge burnished pile was a volcano. They called it a god. They worshipped it. They said it was the most beautiful thing ...

    Article : 545 words
  9. MORE CURIOUS CUSTOMS.

    Every kind of tropical tree grew without cultivation. All the people had to do was to occasionally cut off branches which the falling lava and sconce had injured. This ...

    Article : 592 words
  10. I INTERVIEW THE ANTARCTIC FOLK.—THEIR WEBBED FEET.

    Whilst I gazed at this extraordinary sight my flesh crept as I saw reflected upon the ice just behind me the moving figure of the queerest of queer men. He seemed by ...

    Article : 698 words
  11. WE BEGIN OUR JOURNEY.

    He twitched the tube, and a door in this now enormous eagle machine flew open. The frame envelope gradually expanded until it seemed as though the tense gauze would ...

    Article : 750 words
  12. OUR EXPLORATION.

    It bad seemed to me all this time that my eyes were curiously affected. I now looked carefully at such parts of myself aB I could see by craning my neck, and I discovered ...

    Article : 804 words
  13. A RACE OF CENTENARIANS.

    How long did they live, and what became of their dead? The leader pointed to the now fast-running stream, which seemed to flow right under the ...

    Article : 336 words
  14. THE SOUTH POLE ITSELF.

    I had puzzled my brain sorely during all this time to find the source of the light which shone so brilliantly. The volcano, though it diffused so pleasant a heat, gave out no ...

    Article : 503 words
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