The Goddess of Atvatabar

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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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