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# Tarzan and the Ant Men

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Tarzan goes to battle with the Ant Men
TARZAN
AND THE ANT MEN
BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
AUTHOR OF
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, PELLUCIDAR, Et c.
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERSNEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
* Chapter 1
* Chapter 2
* Chapter 3
* Chapter 4
* Chapter 5
* Chapter 6
* Chapter 7
* Chapter 8
* Chapter 9
* Chapter 10
* Chapter 11
* Chapter 12
* Chapter 13
* Chapter 14
* Chapter 15
* Chapter 16
* Chapter 17
* Chapter 18
* Chapter 19
* Chapter 20
* Chapter 21
* Chapter 22
* There's More to Follow
Copyright Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 1924
Published September, 1924
Copyrighted in Great Britain
Published in the United States of America
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# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Astor, John Jacob (capitalist)

​ASTOR, John Jacob, 4th, capitalist, was born in New York city, June 10, 1822, eldest son of William B. and Margaret Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor. and grandson of the first John Jacob Astor. He was graduated from Columbia college in 1839. He then studied at Göttingen, was afterwards graduated at Harvard law school, and practised his profession for a year. His occupation in life was mainly administering the interests of his share of the family estate. Like his father and grandfather, he was conservative in his methods, buying land where he saw good prospects of accretion in value and parting with it very slowly. In 1840 he married Charlotte Augusta Gibbs, of South Carolina, by whom he had one son, William Waldorf. From 1859 to 1869 he was a trustee of Columbia college. In 1801, on the outbreak of the civil war, Mr. Astor offered his services to his country, was commissioned colonel on the staff of General McClellan, and served as aide-de-camp with the army of the Potomac. He also aided, by generous donations of money, in fitting out the quota of New York troops called for in the proclamation of President Lincoln. In 1865 he was promoted brigadier-general by brevet for meritorious conduct during the Peninsular campaign. President Hayes offered him the position of U. S. minister to Great Britain, which he declined. He promoted with great liberality various beneficent interests with which the name of Astor had been associated, and his practical benefactions, mainly dispensed through the ​instrumentality of his wife, were multifarious. In 1879 he gave to the Astor library three lots of land on Lafayette place, upon which he afterward erected the North library building, the construction of which cost $250,000. To this latter he added a very valuable gift of rare manuscripts and books, and bequests of $400,000 for the purchase of books, and $50,000 as a trust fund for the payment of the trustees. In conjunction with his brother William, he presented the reredos and altar to Trinity church, New York, in memory of his father. The New York cancer hospital owes its existence to his liberality, and the woman's hospital and children's aid society were largely benefited. In 1887 after the death of his wife, he gave her magnificent collection of laces to the Metropolitan museum of art. He was so quiet and simple in his tastes and habits, so unostentatious, so correct and careful in his expenditures, as to win a name for eccentricity, while his unassuming charity was brightening hundreds of lives. He bequeathed $100,000 to the New York cancer hospital, $100,000 to St. Luke's hospital, and $50,000 to the Metropolitan museum of art. He died Feb. 22, 1890.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Astor, John Jacob (soldier)

​ASTOR, John Jacob, 4th, soldier, was born in Rhinebeck, N.Y., July 13, 1864; son of William and Caroline (Schermerhorn) Astor. He was educated at St. Paul’s school, Concord, N.H., and at Harvard college. He travelled extensively in the United States, Europe and Asia, much of the time on his commodious steam yacht. His farm at Rhinebeck-on-Hudson was conducted on model plans, and he became an intelligent breeder of stock. He gave to Trinity church, New York city, as a memorial to his father, the six bronze doors designed by Karl Bitter and placed in position in 1895, and to the Church of the Messiah at Rhinebeck, N.Y., in 1898, its elegant chancel window, also a memorial. He invented a labor-saving device for the improvement of roadways. In April, 1898, he offered to the government free transportation for troops and munitions of war over the railroads under his control in the middle western states, and he equipped a battery of artillery of 6 guns, 150 men, and 54 horses, at an expense of $75,000 for the Spanish-American war. He was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of U.S. volunteers. May 4, 1898, and served on the staff of Maj.-Gen. W. R. Shaffer as inspector, general during the war with Spain. He was married in 1891 to Ava, daughter of Edward S. Willing of Philadelphia. He is the author of "A Journey in Other Worlds" (1890).
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Astor, William Backhouse

​ASTOR, William Backhouse, capitalist, was born in New York. Sept. 19, 1792, son of John Jacob, 2d, and Sarah (Todd) Astor. He was educated in the public schools and in 1808 was sent to Heidelberg, where he studied until 1810, he then went to Göttingen, where he had as his tutor the Chevalier Bunsen. He returned to New York in 1815 when his father took him into partnership, and embarked in the china trade under the firm name of John Jacob Astor & Son. In 1827 the partnership was dissolved, the Astors retiring from the china trade, and the American fur company began business, with William B. Astor as its president. Mr. Astor married Margaret Rebecca, daughter of John and Alida (Livingston) Armstrong, her mother being a daughter of Robert R. Livingston and her father the secretary of war under President Madison. On the death of his father Mr. Astor retired from commerce and occupied himself with the affairs of his vast estate. He followed the policy of his father in regard to the buying of land and the building of first-class houses. He followed his father's example also, in regard to his benefactions. The Astor library building was finished by him in 1853, and he gave to it in gifts and bequests the sum of $550,000; he also gave $50,000 to St. Luke's hospital, and left many bequests to charitable objects. His estate at his death was valued at $45,000,000, which was divided between his two elder sons, John Jacob and William, his younger son Henry being disinherited on account of his marriage. Henry, however, was a beneficiary by the will of his grandmother, and with the Astor prudence he accumulated an independent fortune. William B. Astor died Nov. 24. 1875.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Atherton, Charles Gordon

​ATHERTON, Charles Gordon, senator, was born at Amherst, N. H., July 4, 1804; son of Charles Humphrey Atherton, a prominent lawyer. In 1822 he was graduated from Harvard college, and after studying law in the office of his father, he was admitted to the bar in 1825 and began to practise in Dunstable (Nashua, N. II.). For many years he represented his district in the New Hampshire legislature, serving as speaker of the house for three years. He was a representative from New Hampshire in the 25th, 26th and 27th U. S. congresses. In Congress he introduced "the Atherton gag," a resolution passed in 1838 and in effect until repealed in 1845, tabling without debate all resolutions on the subject of slavery. In 1843 he was elected United States senator, and served until 1849. He was again elected in 1852, to succeed John P. Hale, but was stricken with paralysis in that same year. He was a member of the New Hampshire historical society and the author of several articles and memoirs of historical value. He died at Manchester, N. H., Nov. 15, 1853.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Astor, William

​ASTOR, William, capitalist, was born in New York city, July 12, 1830, second son of William B. and Margaret Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor, and grandson of John Jacob Astor. In 1849, he was graduated at Columbia college, after which he travelled in the Orient, and returned to take charge of his father's estate in 1853. He gave largely in charity, but always in secret. He was a devout churchman, a vestryman of Trinity parish, and a generous supporter of struggling churches. He was fond of horses and kept a breeding farm for blooded stock at his place on the Hudson. For a time he was interested in the turf. His favorite recreation was yachting He bequeathed $50,000 to the Astor library, and $145,000 to other institutions. He married Caroline Schermerhorn of New York, and left a son, John Jacob Astor, 4th. He died in Paris. France, April 25. 1892.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Astor, William Waldorf

​ASTOR, William Waldorf, diplomatist, was born in New York. March 31, 1848, son of John Jacob, 3d. and Charlotte Augusta (Gibbs) Astor. and grandson of William B. Astor. He was educated by private tutors in the United States and Europe, and was graduated at the law school of Columbia college in 1875. He was elected a member of the state assembly in 1877 as a Republican, and of the state senate in 1879, serving on the committees on militia, cities, judiciary ​commerce and navigation, and public expenditures. He was a defeated candidate for Congress in 1880, was appointed United States minister to Italy by President Arthur in 1882, to succeed G. P. Marsh, residing in Rome until 1885, when he was succeeded by John B. Stallo. In 1878 he married Mary, daughter of James W. Paul of Philadelphia, and a niece of Admiral Dahlgren and of Abbott Lawrence of Boston. During her husband's ministry to Italy, she became famous in Rome for her charming hospitality and her great beauty, Queen Margherita declaring her to be the most beautiful woman in all Italy. While in England she won the friendship of the Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne. Mrs. Astor died near London, Eng., Dec. 23, 1894, and was buried in Trinity churchyard. New York city. Mr. Astor published two Italian romances, "Valentino" (1886), and "Sforza, a Story of Milan" (1889). By the death of his father in 1890 he became the head of his family and inherited an estate estimated to be worth $200,000,000. On his property on Fifth avenue, New York, in 1893, he built the Waldorf hotel, at the time the finest and best equipped hostelry in America. He took up his residence in London in 1891; in 1893 purchased the Pall-Mall gazette and budget, and in the same year bought the historic estate of Cliveden-on-the-Thames, then in the possession of the Duke of Westminster.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Aspinwall, William H.

​ASPINWALL, William H., merchant, was born in New York city, Dec. 16, 1807. He served his mercantile apprenticeship with his uncles, G. G. & S. Howland, and in 1837 became a member of the newly organized house of Howland & Aspinwall, doing a large trade in the Mediterranean and Pacific. He retired from active participation in the firm's affairs in 1850, and instituted a steamship line between the Isthmus of Panama and California, and subsequently obtained from New Granada a concession for a railroad across the Isthmus, which was opened on February 17, 1855. The eastern terminus of the railroad was for a time called Aspinwall. Mr. Aspinwall resigned the presidency of the Pacific mail steamship company in 1858, and travelled in Europe, ​where he collected a rare gallery of paintings, which collection was sold after his death, many of the subjects selling at phenomenal prices. He died Jan. 18, 1875.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Atchison, David R.

​ATCHISON, David R., senator, was born at Frogtown, Ky., Aug. 11, 1807. He was well educated, and being admitted to the bar in 1830 began the practice of law in Missouri. In 1834 and 1838 he was a member of the state legislature, and in 1841 circuit judge of the Platte county circuit court. In 1843 he was elected U. S. senator, and was re-elected in 1849, retaining his seat until 1855. During this period lie officiated frequently as president pro tem of the senate, and by virtue of that position was President of the United States on March 4, 1849. Inauguration day falling on a Sunday in that year, General Taylor was not sworn into office until Monday, March 5. Senator Atchison was a zealous pro-slavery advocate, and a prominent leader in the disturbances connected with the admission of Kansas as a state in 1856-'57. The last twenty years of his life were spent in obscurity and comparative poverty. He died in Clinton county, Mo., Jan. 26, 1886.
# The Biographical Dictionary of America/Atherton, George W.

​ATHERTON, George W., educator, was born in Boxford, Essex county, Mass., June 20, 1837, and descended from Humphrey Atherton of the Massachusetts colony. He was educated at Phillips Exeter academy, and in 1860 entered Yale college, from which he was graduated in 1863. He served in the civil war, being a 1st lieutenant in the 10th Connecticut volunteers, which formed a part of the Burnside expedition against North Carolina. After the battle of Newbern he was promoted to a captaincy, and took part in the movement from Hilton Head, S. C., against Charleston. He was repeatedly detailed as judge-advocate of regimental and brigade court-martial. In 1863 the impairment of his health led him to resign. He was professor in the Boys' Academy, Albany, 1864-"67; at St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., 1867-'68; at the Illinois state university in 1868, and at Rutgers college, where he held the chair of history, political economy and constitutional law. 1868-82. He was a member of the board of visitors to the U.S. naval academy in 1873 and 1891; of the commission to investigate charges of fraud at the Red Cloud Indian agency in 1875, and chairman of a commission to prepare a revision of the system of taxation in New Jersey in 1878. He was admitted to the bar in 1878, and practised as a consulting attorney; became president of the Pennsylvania state college in 1882 and received the degree LL.D. from Franklin and Marshall college in 1883. He was the first president of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, and was chairman of a commission in 1887 to report the practicability of introducing manual training into the public schools of Pennsylvania.
# Terhune v. Phillips/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
99 U.S. 592
Terhune v. Phillips
The determination of this case is controlled by Brown et al. v. Piper, 91 U.S. 37. We cannot fail to take judicial notice that the thing patented was known and in general use long before the issuing of the patent. The substitution of metal for wood was destitute both of patentable invention and utility. The admission of improper testimony, if it occurred, was, therefore, immaterial. The case of the appellant as it appears in the record, without any testimony, is clear and conclusive against him.
Decree affirmed.

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# Terhune v. Phillips

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United States Supreme Court
99 U.S. 592
Terhune v. Phillips
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.
This was a bill in equity by Matthias Terhune against John Phillips and Wellington Phillips, praying for an injunction restraining them from using or vending, or in any manner putting into practical operation or use, the corner sockets for show-cases for an improvement in which reissued letters-patent No. 5748 had been granted to the complainant by the United States, Jan. 27, 1874.
It appears by the specification forming a part of the letters-patent that the invention for which they were granted 'has for its object to provide a means for connecting the ends of the horizontal and vertical members of a show-case frame; and to that end it consists in a metallic corner-piece, provided with sockets adapted to receive the ends of the different members, whereby the same are firmly connected at the corners of the case.'
The court below dismissed the bill, whereupon the complainant brought the case here.
Mr. L. L. Coburn for the appellant.
No counsel appeared for the appellee.
MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Terminal Association of St. Louis v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

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United States Supreme Court
318 U.S. 1
Terminal Association of St. Louis v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Argued: Dec. 15, 16, 1942. --- Decided: Jan 18, 1943
Mr. Bruce A. Campbell, of East St. Louis, Ill., for appellant.
Messrs. William C. Wines and Alvin E. Stein, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
Mr. Justice JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Alcott, William Alexander

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ALCOTT, William Alexander, M. D., an American author, cousin of the preceding, born at Wolcott, Conn., Aug. 6, 1798, died at Auburndale, Mass., March 29, 1859. He supported himself until he reached the age of 25 by working on the farm in summer and teaching in winter. Subsequently he studied medicine at Yale college, and after practising about four years he engaged with Mr. Woodbridge, the geographer, in the preparation of school geographies and atlases, and in editing the “Juvenile Rambler,” the first weekly periodical for children published in America, and the “Annals of Education.” At this time he coöperated actively with Gallaudet, Woodbridge, Hooker, and others, in striving to effect a reform in the public schools of the state. He wrote many articles on this subject for the Hartford and New Haven papers, one of which, “On the Construction of School Houses,” gained a premium from the American institute of instruction. In 1833 Dr. Alcott removed to Boston, and published his “Young Man's Guide,” which has exerted a great influence in spreading important physiological principles. For more than 20 years he passed his summers in laboring at home with his pen, and his winters in lecturing in different parts of the country, upon the topics which especially occupied his attention. He visited upward of 20,000 schools, before many of which he lectured. He published above 100 books and pamphlets, among which may be specified, in addition to those already mentioned, “The House I Live In,” “The Young Woman's Guide,” “Young Housekeeper,” the “Library of Health” (6 vols.), “Moral Reform,” and “My Progress in Error.” Dr. Alcott, though the advocate of many opinions which are open to the charge of singularity, was a philanthropist of the genuine stamp, and his name is identified permanently with some of the most valuable reforms in education, morals, and physical training, which the present century has witnessed. The amount of labor which he
performed without the expectation of any compensation for his services, is believed to be almost unparalleled. So unintermitting and engrossing were his various avocations, that he hardly ever found time to read a book through; and the books which he wrote probably exceed in number those which he read entirely. Dr. Alcott's views of reform did not lead him to the adoption of any violent and destructive measures. The great object of his labors was to prevent poverty, vice, and crime, by means of correct physical and moral training, and the judicious application of intelligence to the improvement of society.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Alexandrian Library

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ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY, a collection of books formed by Ptolemy I. and Ptolemy II. of Egypt, and probably the largest prior to the invention of printing. It was founded, it is said, at the suggestion of Demetrius Phalereus, who, when a fugitive at the Egyptian court, spoke with admiration of the public libraries at Athens. Demetrius was appointed superintendent, and diligently employed himself in the collection of the literature of all nations, Jewish, Chaldee, Persian, Ethiopian, Egyptian; Greek, Roman, &c. According to Eusebius, there were 100,000 volumes in the library at the death of Ptolemy Philadelphus; and subsequently the number was increased to 700,000. The volumina or rolls, however, contained far less than a printed volume; as, for instance, the “Metamorphoses” of Ovid, in 15 books, would be considered as 15 volumes. During the siege which Csesar stood in Alexandria, a large part of the library was burned. Gibbon asserts that the old library was totally consumed, and that the collection from Pergamus, which was presented by Mark Antony to Cleopatra, was the foundation of the new one, which continued to increase in size and reputation for four centuries, until dispersed by Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria, at the destruction of the Serapeum, about A. D. 390. Still the library was reëstablished; and Alexandria continued to flourish as one of the chief seats of literature until it was conquered by the Arabs in 640. The library was then burned, according to a story of very questionable authenticity, in consequence of the fanatic decision of the caliph Omar: “If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God,
they are useless and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious and ought to be destroyed.” Accordingly, it is said, they were employed to heat the 4,000 baths of the city; and such was their number, that six months were barely sufficient for the consumption of the precious fuel. There is no doubt, however, that after 640 the library ceased to exist as a public institution. Connected with the library was a college, or retreat for learned men, called the museum, where they were maintained at public expense.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Almali, or Elmalu

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​ALMALI, or Elmalu, a city of Turkey, in Asia Minor, 40 m. W. S. W. of Adalia; pop. about 12,000. It lies in a beautiful valley among the northern offshoots of the Lycian range of the Taurus. The small stream on which the town is built furnishes motive power for numerous mills, and is also used in several tanneries, dye works, and factories.