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REV. W. S. HARRIS
Life in a Thousand Worlds
By Rev. W. S. Harris.
AUTHOR OF MR. WORLD AND MISS CHURCH-MEMBER, MODERN FABLES AND PARABLES, SERMONS BY THE DEVIL, ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
Published by the Minter Company, Harrisburg, Pa.
1905
TO MY MOTHER WHO FOR MY GOOD COUNTED NONE OF HER SACRIFICES TOO GREAT AND WHO IS NOW RECEIVING HER REWARD IN THE CELESTIAL LIFE THIS VOLUME IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED.
Illustrations.
1.Portrait of the Author
2.Gazing at the Starry Firmament
3.A City on the Moon
4.How a "Trust" Monopolizes Rain and Light on Mars
5.The Largest Telescope in the Universe
6.An Air Ship on Saturn
7.Living in Fire on a Fixed Star
8.Fishing for Land Animals
9.Monopolizing Liquid Air on Airess
10.Floating Cities of Plasden
11.A Captive on a Planet of Duhbe
12.The Millennial Dawn
13.Low-life Warfare on Scum
14.Battle Between "Flying Devils" in the Air
15."Trusts" in the Diamond World
16.Tunnel Through Holen's Center
17.A Scene of Rejoicing in Brief
18.Beautiful Plume and Her Wings
19.A Glimpse of Heaven
Contents.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I.Are There More Worlds Than One?
CHAPTER II.A Visit to the Moon
CHAPTER III.A Visit to Mars
CHAPTER IV.A Glimpse of Jupiter
CHAPTER V.Beautiful Saturn
CHAPTER VI.The Nearest Fixed Star
CHAPTER VII.The Water World Visited
CHAPTER VIII.Tor-tu
CHAPTER IX.A Problem in Political Economy
CHAPTER X.Floating Cities
CHAPTER XIA World of Ideal Cities
CHAPTER XII.A World Enjoying Its Millennium
CHAPTER XIII.A World of High Medical Knowledge
CHAPTER XIV.A World of Low Life
CHAPTER XV.A World of Highest Invention
CHAPTER XVI.A Singular Planet
CHAPTER XVII.The Diamond World
CHAPTER XVIII.Triumphant Feat of Orion
CHAPTER XIX.The Mute World
CHAPTER XX.Brief
CHAPTER XXIThe Life on Wings
CHAPTER XXII.Heaven