hbl,stx PZ 3.L775E Etidorhpa: or, The end of earth. t>3 3 T1S3 DD74ED37 7J K,/V^7, 3 A^^M ^/^l.^«6^«-^ ETIDORHPA THE END OF EARTH. THE STRANGE HISTORY OF A MYSTERIOUS BEING The Account of a Remarkable Journey AS COMMUNICATED IN MANUSCRIPT TO IvLEWKLIvYN DRURY WHO PROMISED TO PRINT THE SAME, BUT FINALLY EVADED THE RESPONSIBILITY WHICH WAS ASSUMED BY JOHN LLOYD UR.I WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS BY AUGUSTUS KNAPP J. SECOND EDITION THE ROBERT CLARKE COMPANY CINCINNATI ASCRIPTION To Prof. W. H. Venable, who reviewed the manuscript of this work, I am indebted for many valuable suggestions, and I can not speaktookindlyof him as acritic. Theillustrations, exceptingthose mechanical and historical, mak- ing in themselves abeautiful narrative withoutwords, are due to the admirable artistic conceptions and touch of Mr.J. Augustus Knapp. Structural imperfections as well as word selections and phrases that break all rules in composition, and that the care even of Prof. Venable could not eradicate, I accept as whoUj'my own. For much, on the one hand, that it may seem should have been excluded, and on the other, for giving place to ideas nearer to empiricism than to science, I am also responsible. Forvexingmy friendswith problems that seeminglydonotconcernin theleastmen in myposition,and for venturingto think, superficially, itmaybe, outside the restrictedlines of ascience bound to the unresponsive crucible and retort, to which mylife hasbeen given, and amid theproblems of which it has nearly worn itself away, Ihave no plausibleexcuse, and shall seek none. JOHN URI LLOYD. Copyrighted, 1S95,byJohn Uri Lloyd Copyrighted,1896,byJohn Uri Lloyd PRESSWORK and BINDING BY CRANSTON & CURTS,ClNCINNAlT