# The Five Jars

Author: James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24089

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Five+Jars+James&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

where the moon shone full on it, and waited to see if anything else occurred to me. Suddenly I heard a sort of metallic snap. I went and looked at the box. Nothing appeared on the side nearest to me--but when I turned it round I saw that all along the side which the moon had shone upon there was a line along the metal. I turned another side to the moonlight, and another snap came in two or three minutes. Of course I went on. When the moon had made a groove on all four sides, I tried the

## Chapters

- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-jars-24089/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-five-jars-24089/chapters/1/index.md)