Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Nequa; or, The Problem of the Ages

In San Francisco--"Where shall I go next?"--A startling item of news answers the question and ends the search--In male attire--Enlists as Scientist on the Ice King--Off to the North Pole--An unexpected blow--The danger signal--The race for life--The earthquake--"The channel is...

Chapters

27. CHAPTER XII.

THE INSTITUTE OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS--NORRENA'S ADDRESS ON THE TRANSITION PERIOD--FROM COMPETITION TO CO-OPERATION--THE CLOSING DECADES OF MONEY SUPREMACY--THE POWER OF GOLD-...

28. CHAPTER XIII.

AS I listened to Norrena's description of the financial and commercial system which had once existed in Altruria, I could not help but notice its close similarity to the system...

30. CHAPTER XV.

HOME AGAIN--LETTER FROM BONA DEA--ELECTRIC GARMENTS--REPORTER'S PHONOGRAPH--TESTING THE NEW AIRSHIP--A WORLD'S COUNCIL--WALLAROO ON EVOLUTION--THE IDEALS PLANTED BY MISSIONARIES...

29. CHAPTER XIV.

THROUGH THE AIR TO LAKE BYBLIS--ON THE ICE KING ONCE MORE--CAPTAIN GANOE IN COMMAND--MET BY THE VIKING, SILVER KING AND SEA ROVER--A WEDDING--HUSTON AND DIONE THE PRINCIPALS--GA...

19. CHAPTER IV.

A SINGULAR DISCOVERY--BATTELL CROSSING A SAND RIDGE ON THE ICE-FIELD--CAPTAIN GANOE LEADS A PARTY TO HIS ASSISTANCE--LIEF AND ERIC--BATTELL'S THEORY--A SECOND EXPEDITION--BATTEL...

26. CHAPTER XI.

AN AIR VOYAGE--CHANGE OF SCENERY--HOMES FOR MOTHERS--EVOLUTION FROM COMPETITIVE INDIVIDUALISM--THE MOUNTAINS--BATTELL JOINS US--ORBITELLO--A PERPETUAL WORLD'S FAIR--DEPARTMENT O...

18. CHAPTER III.

IN THE DARK--ALL IS STILL--CAPTAIN GANOE'S NARROW ESCAPE--IMPRISONED IN THE ICE--DISTRESSING SITUATION--HOW TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THE CREW--A NEW DANGER--THE...

25. CHAPTER X.

OQUA'S VISIT--THE REVELATION--A STORY OF PERFIDY AND WRONG--CASSIE VANNESS--RAPHAEL GANOE--RICHARD SAGE--A DESIGNING GUARDIAN--FALSE CHARGES AGAINST GANOE--A FRAUDULENT MARRIAGE...

21. CHAPTER VI.

SAILING SOUTH--THE WIND CEASES--OUR COAL EXHAUSTED--DRIFTING ON AN UNKNOWN OCEAN--IN THE GRASP OF SOUTHBOUND CURRENTS--DESPONDING--VISITED BY AN AIRSHIP--THEN A WHOLE FLEET--AMO...

17. CHAPTER II

IN SAN FRANCISCO--WHERE SHALL I GO NEXT?--A STARTLING ITEM OF NEWS ANSWERS THE QUESTION AND ENDS THE SEARCH--IN MALE ATTIRE--ENLISTS AS SCIENTIST ON THE ICE KING--OFF TO THE NOR...

23. CHAPTER VIII.

ARRIVAL IN ALTRURIA--A COLOSSAL COMMUNAL HOME--DISTRICT 1, RANGE 1--UNDER THE PACIFIC OCEAN--BATTELL AT THE TELEPHONE--STARTLING APPARITION IN A MIRROR--ENROLLED IN SCHOOL--STUD...

24. CHAPTER IX.

THE proposed improvement of the airship, so that it could withstand the storms of the polar regions, and MacNair's report of the progress that Battell had made in that direction...

20. CHAPTER V.

I WAS startled from my slumbers by the alarm and sprang to my feet. The strong breeze that had been blowing from the southwest had increased to a gale and the hissing of the ste...

22. CHAPTER VII.

CARING FOR THE SICK--NEW METHODS OF TREATMENT--NOT PHYSICIANS BUT NURSES--NO MEDICINES--A RAPID RECOVERY--A VOYAGE THROUGH THE AIR--WONDERFUL OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH REVEAL A...

16. CHAPTER I.

MY private office was on the second floor of the sanitarium which I had fitted up in Kansas City to meet the demands of my large practice in the treatment of chronic diseases. T...

15. CHAPTER XV.

Home again--Letter from Bona Dea--Electric garments--Reporter's phonograph--Testing the new airship--A World's Council--Wallaroo on Evolution--The ideals planted by Missionaries...

4. CHAPTER IV.

A singular discovery--Battell crossing a sand ridge on the ice-field--Captain Ganoe leads a party to his assistance--Lief and Eric--Battell's theory--A second expedition--Battel...

2. CHAPTER II.

In San Francisco--"Where shall I go next?"--A startling item of news answers the question and ends the search--In male attire--Enlists as Scientist on the Ice King--Off to the N...

14. CHAPTER XIV.

Through the air to Lake Byblis--On the Ice King once more--Captain Ganoe in command--Met by the Viking, Silver King and Sea Rover--A wedding--Huston and Dione the principals--Ga...

3. CHAPTER III.

In the dark--All is still--Imprisoned in the ice--Distressing situation--How to preserve the health and efficiency of the crew--A new danger--The ice is moving--The common sailo...

8. CHAPTER VIII.

A colossal communal Home--District 1, Range 1--Under the Pacific Ocean--Battell at the telephone--Startling apparition in a mirror--Enrolled in school--Study of the language--Ph...

12. CHAPTER XII.

The institute of school superintendents--Norrena's address on the Transition Period--From Competition to Co-operation--The closing decades of Money supremacy--The power of gold-...

10. CHAPTER X.

Oqua's visit--The revelation--A story of perfidy and wrong--Cassie VanNess--Raphael Ganoe--Richard Sage--A designing guardian--False charges against Ganoe--A fraudulent marriage...

11. CHAPTER XI.

An air voyage--Change of scenery--Homes for mothers--Evolution from competitive individualism--The mountains--Battell joins us--Orbitello--A perpetual World's Fair--Department o...

6. CHAPTER VI.

Sailing south--The wind ceases--Our coal exhausted--Drifting on an unknown ocean--In the grasp of southbound currents--Desponding--Visited by an airship--Then a whole fleet--Amo...

7. CHAPTER VII.

Caring for the sick--New methods of treatment--Not physicians but nurses--A voyage through the air--Wonderful optical instruments which reveal a panorama of the world--Arrival i...

13. CHAPTER XIII.

Bona Dea--Matrons' home--Pre-natal influences--Improving the airships--Battell explains--Plans for the future--Museum of Universal History--Relics of the Past--Building toward o...

5. CHAPTER V.

9. CHAPTER IX.

1. CHAPTER I.