# At the Earth's Core

At the Earth's Core first appeared as a four-part serial in All-Story Weekly from April 4–25, 1914. It was first published in book form in hardcover by A. C. McClurg in July, 1922
At the Earth's Core
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Author of The "Tarzan" and the "Martian" Stories
ILLUSTRATED BY J. ALLEN ST. JOHN
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1922
The awful thing behind me was gaining rapidly.
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* Prolog 1
* Chapter I: Toward the Eternal Fires 5
* Chapter II: A Strange World 24
* Chapter III: A Change of Masters 44
* Chapter IV: Dian the Beautiful 60
* Chapter V: Slaves 80
* Chapter VI: The Beginning of Horror 97
* Chapter VII: Freedom 110
* Chapter VIII: The Mahar Temple 122
* Chapter IX: The Face of Death 148
* Chapter X: Phutra Again 162
* Chapter XI: Four Dead Mahars 186
* Chapter XII: Pursuit 198
* Chapter XIII: The Sly One 207
* Chapter XIV: The Garden of Eden 219
* Chapter XV: Back to Earth 257
* Advertisements
ILLUSTRATIONS
* PAGE
* The awful thing behind me was gaining rapidly................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Frontispiece
* The queen of the all-powerful Mahars of Pelucidar................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
* The man leaped in and ran his spear through the tarag's heart................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................108
* I tore the spear loose, and drove it through the serpent's jaws................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120
* Still the girl advanced—chained by that clammy eye................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................138
* My shaft pierced the Sagoth's heart—he lunged at my feet stone dead................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................212
* As the creature darted toward us, I let drive straight for the breast................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................228
* Dian standing not ten paces behind me!................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................240
* Two enormous animals approaching us, and upon the back of each a human being................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................258
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