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_Map of the Interior World._]
THE GODDESS OF ATVATABAR
BEING THE HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE INTERIOR WORLD AND CONQUEST OF ATVATABAR
BY
WILLIAM R. BRADSHAW
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK J. F. DOUTHITT 286 FIFTH AVENUE 1892
COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY WILLIAM R. BRADSHAW
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.--A Polar Catastrophe, 13
II.--The Cause of the Expedition, 19
III.--Beginning the Voyage, 22
IV.--Our Adventures in the Polar Sea, 26
V.--We Enter the Polar Gulf, 31
VI.--Day Becomes Night and Night Day, 34
VII.--We Discover the Interior World, 40
VIII.--Extraordinary Loss of Weight, 45
IX.--Afloat on the Interior Ocean, 50
X.--A Visit from the Inhabitants of Plutusia, 52
XI.--We Learn Atvatabarese, 57
XII.--We Arrive at Kioram, 61
XIII.--Marching in Triumph, 65
XIV.--The Journey to Calnogor, 72
XV.--Our Reception by the King, 78
XVI.--The King Unfolds the Grandeur of Atvatabar, 83
XVII.--Gnaphisthasia, 86
XVIII.--The Journey to the Bormidophia, 94
XIX.--The Throne of the Gods, Calnogor, 99
XX.--The Worship of Lyone, Supreme Goddess, 103
XXI.--An Audience with the Supreme Goddess, 109
XXII.--The Goddess Learns the Story of the Outer World, 114
XXIII.--The Garden of Tanje, 117
XXIV.--The Journey to Egyplosis, 128
XXV.--Escaping from the Cyclone, 133
XXVI.--The Banquet on the Aerial Ship, 139
XXVII.--We Reach Egyplosis, 144
XXVIII.--The Grand Temple of Harikar, 149
XXIX.--The Installation of a Twin-Soul, 153
XXX.--The Installation of a Twin-Soul (_Continued_) 159
XXXI.--The Mystery of Egyplosis, 163
XXXII.--The Sin of a Twin-Soul, 168
XXXIII.--The Doctor's Opinion of Egyplosis, 172
XXXIV.--Lyone's Confession, 176
XXXV.--Our Visit to the Infernal Palace, 183
XXXVI.--Arjeels, 194
XXXVII.--A Revelation, 202
XXXVIII.--Lyone's Manifesto to King and People, 206
XXXIX.--The Crisis in Atvatabar, 212
XL.--My Departure from the Palace of Tanje, 216
XLI.--We Are Attacked by the Enemy, 220
XLII.--The Battle Continued, 225
XLIII.--Victory, 229
XLIV.--The News of Atvatabar in the Outer World, 235
XLV.--The Voyages of the _Mercury_ and the _Aurora Borealis_, 244
XLVI.--The Arrest of Lyone, 249
XLVII.--The Council of War in Kioram, 253
XLVIII.--The Report of Astronomer Starbottle, 258
XLIX.--Preparation for War, 264
L.--I Visit Lyone in Calnogor, 267
LI.--The Death of Lyone, 271
LII.--The Battle of Calnogor, 279
LIII.--Victory, 283
LIV.--Reincarnation, 288
LV.--Lexington and Lyone Hailed King and Queen of Atvatabar, 292
LVI.--Our Reception in Calnogor, 298
LVII.--The Combined Ceremony of Marriage and Coronation, 304
LVIII.--The Death of Bhoolmakar, 310
LIX.--The History Concluded, 315
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