Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

An Anglo-American Alliance: A Serio-Comic Romance and Forecast of the Future

It is 1960, Anno Domini. The Earth, notwithstanding many dire predictions of charlatans and religious fanatics, and in spite of numerous cataclysms, conflagrations and political upheavals, was rotating serenely on its axis.

Chapters

4. CHAPTER IV

The senior class of the Diana Seminary were assembled in the auditorium, listening in a trance of respectful attention to Professor Cielo Allenson. He had just begun his review...

6. CHAPTER VI

A subdued applause greeted the Professor the next day when he entered the lecture room to conclude his review of events of the 20th Century. Many floral bouquets were tossed to...

12. CHAPTER XII

"Up, on the Kinchinginga's lofty summit, where earth and heavens meet, where myriads of crystalline, icy temples in their immaculate and prismatic garbs here and there, and many...

3. CHAPTER III

Margaret was reclining on a divan in her luxurious study, perusing a letter. The room was redolent with the perfume of June roses, and the warm rays of the afternoon sun, filter...

1. CHAPTER I

It is 1960, Anno Domini. The Earth, notwithstanding many dire predictions of charlatans and religious fanatics, and in spite of numerous cataclysms, conflagrations and political...

13. CHAPTER XIII

An intermezzo of mellifluent music in the interim was followed by the celebrated "Dusky Quartette." This aggregation consisted of the following members: Madam Celeste D'oumbaloo...

5. CHAPTER V

The evening following the moonlight fête, a little after sunset when the western sky, stained with a luminous golden hue, had spread on verdant hills and valleys its radiance of...

2. CHAPTER II

There was no cause for ennui at the Diana Seminary. Notwithstanding the serious course of study, there was ample jollity. The tedium of their leisure hours was beguiled with all...

7. CHAPTER VII

There was still one great event before the closing of the academic year of the Diana Seminary Seniors, in which the class had taken extraordinary interest. It was the first time...

8. CHAPTER VIII

Like a nebular comet in a far away constellation, so mysterious in its orbit and composition, was Dr. Hyder Ben Raaba, who suddenly made his appearance in the suburbs of the cos...

9. CHAPTER IX

It was the day of departure of Aurora Cunningham for London, England. Margaret had accompanied her in an automobile to the city of B---- to see her off. Their parting had an unu...

10. CHAPTER X

It was near the end of September. The seaside resorts on Long Island were deserted by the gay health-seekers from the adjacent cities, and the inhabitants of the villages along...

11. CHAPTER XI

Hardly had Margaret reached her home in Wyoming, when Aurora likewise was welcomed by her people in England. Her father, whose brilliant career upward from the ranks of the comm...