"The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it displays
its eternal harmony, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth
alone."
DANTE.
"This truth within thy mind rehearse,
That in a boundless universe
Is boundless better, boundless worse.
"Think you this mould of hopes and fears
Could find no statelier than his peers
In yonder hundred million spheres?"
TENNYSON.
- Chapter I. A Message From Mars.
- Chapter II. How Can We Get To The Other Planets?
- Chapter III. A New Force.
- Chapter IV. The Electric Orrery.
- Chapter V. Leaving The Earth.
- Chapter VI. In Space.
- Chapter VII. Arriving In Venus.
- Chapter VIII. The Crater Land.
- Chapter IX. The Flower Of The Soul.
- Chapter X. Alumion.
- Chapter XI. The Flying Ape.
- Chapter XII. Sunward Ho!
- Chapter XIII. Home Again.
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