Front matter
Reading edition
CENTURY PUBLICATIONS Chicago
Published by Century Publications, 139 N. Clark St., Chicago 2, Ill. Printed in the United States of America
Characters and situations in this book are fictional and any similarity to actual persons or places is purely coincidental.
Permission to use some of the refrains from the ballad:
THE CYCLOTRONIST'S NIGHTMARE
by Arthur Roberts of The State University of Iowa was graciously granted, and is hereby acknowledged with sincere appreciation.
Cover by Malcolm Smith
Copyright 1950, Century Publications
[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]