# Etidorhpa
### CONTENTS.

| | | PAGE. |
| | PROLOGUE—History of Llewellyn Drury, | 1 |
| CHAPTER. | | |
| I. | Home of Llewellyn Drury—"Never Less Alone than When Alone." | 3 |
| II. | A Friendly Conference with Prof. Chickering, | 16 |
| III. | A Second Interview with the Mysterious Visitor, | 23 |
| IV. | A Search for Knowledge—The Alchemistic Letter. | 35 |
| V. | The Writing of "My Confession," | 44 |
| VI. | Kidnapped, | 46 |
| VII. | A Wild Night—I am Prematurely Aged, | 55 |
| VIII. | A Lesson in Mind Study, | 63 |
| IX. | I Can Not Establish My Identity, | 67 |
| X. | My Journey Towards the End of Earth Begins—The Adepts’ Brotherhood, | 74 |
| XI. | My Journey Continues—Instinct, | 80 |
| XII. | A Cavern Discovered—Biswell's Hill, | 84 |
| XIII. | The Punch Bowls and Caverns of Kentucky—"Into the Unknown Country," | 89 |
| XIV. | Farewell to God's Sunshine—"The Echo of the Cry," | 99 |
| XV. | A Zone of Light, Deep Within the Earth, | 105 |
| XVI. | Vitalized Darkness—The Narrows in Science, | 109 |
| XVII. | The Fungus Forest—Enchantment, | 119 |
| XVIII. | The Food of Man, | 123 |
| XIX. | The Cry from a Distance—I Rebel Against Continuing the Journey, | 128 |
| | FIRST INTERLUDE.—THE NARRATIVE INTERRUPTED. | |
| XX. | My Unbidden Guest Proves His Statements, and Refutes My Philosophy, | 134 |
| | MY UNBIDDEN GUEST CONTINUES HIS MANUSCRIPT. | |
| XXI. | My Weight Disappearing, | 142 |
| | SECOND INTERLUDE. | |
| XXII. | The Story Again Interrupted—My Guest Departs, | 149 |
| XXIII. | Scientific Men Questioned—Aristotle's Ether, | 151 |
| XXIV. | The Soliloquy of Prof. Daniel Vaughn—"Gravitation is the Beginning and Gravitation is the End: All Earthly Bodies Kneel to Gravitation," | 156 |
| | THE UNBIDDEN GUEST RETURNS TO READ HIS MANUSCRIPT, CONTINUING THE NARRATIVE. | |
| XXV. | The Mother of a Volcano—"You Can Not Disprove, and You Dare Not Admit," | 162 |
| XXVI. | Motion from Inherent Energy—"Lead Me Deeper Into this Expanding Study," | 169 |
| XXVII. | Sleep, Dreams, Nightmare—"Strangle the Life from My Body," | 175 |
| | THIRD INTERLUDE.—THE NARRATIVE AGAIN INTERRUPTED. | |
| XXVIII. | A Challenge—My Unbidden Guest Accepts It, | 179 |
| XXIX. | Beware of Biology—The Science of the Life of Man—The Old Man relates a Story as an Object Lesson, | 186 |
| XXX. | Looking Backward—The Living Brain, | 193 |
| | THE MANUSCRIPT CONTINUED. | |
| XXXI. | A Lesson on Volcanoes—Primary Colors are Capable of Farther Subdivision, | 204 |
| XXXII. | Matter is Retarded Motion—"A Wail of Sadness Inexpressible," | 218 |
| XXXIII. | "A Study of True Science is a Study of God"—Communing with Angels, | 224 |
| XXXIV. | I Cease to Breathe, and Yet Live, | 226 |
| XXXV. | "A Certain Point Within a Circle"—Men are as Parasites on the Roof of Earth, | 230 |
| XXXVI. | The Drinks of Man, | 235 |
| XXXVII. | The Drunkard's Voice, | 238 |
| XXXVIII. | The Drunkard's Den, | 240 |
| XXXIX. | Among the Drunkards, | 247 |
| XL. | Further Temptation—Etidorhpa Appears, | 252 |
| XLI. | Misery, | 262 |
| XLII. | Eternity Without Time, | 272 |
| | FOURTH INTERLUDE. | |
| XLIII. | The Last Contest, | 277 |
| | THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. | |
| XLIV. | The Fathomless Abyss—The Edge of the Earth's Shell, | 306 |
| XLV. | My Heart-throb is Stilled, and Yet I Live, | 310 |
| XLVI. | The Inner Circle, or the End of Gravitation—In the Bottomless Gulf, | 317 |
| XLVII. | Hearing Without Ears—"What Will Be the End?" | 322 |
| XLVIII. | Why and How—The Straggling Ray of Light from those Farthermost Outreaches, | 327 |
| XLIX. | Oscillating Through Space—The Earth Shell Above Us, | 333 |
| L. | My Weight Annihilated—"Tell me," I cried in alarm, "is this a Living Tomb?" | 340 |
| LI. | Is That a Mortal?—"The End of Earth," | 345 |
| | FIFTH INTERLUDE. | |
| LII. | The Last Farewell, | 352 |
| | EPILOGUE—Letter Accompanying the Mysterious Manuscript, | 360 |
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