PART I

CHAPTER PAGE Prologue—The Message from Mars. . . 1 I The Flight of _The Barsoom_. . . . 8 II The Heart of the Moon. . . . . . . 26 III Human Quadrupeds. . . . . . . . . . 40 IV In the Hands of the Va-gas. . . . . 54 V A Lunar Storm. . . . . . . . . . . 67 VI An Exodus and a Battle. . . . . . . 80 VII The Moon Maid Escapes. . . . . . . 94 VIII Into the Mouth of the Crater. . . . 105 IX The Fight with the Kalkars. . . . . 120 X The Kalkar City. . . . . . . . . . 131 XI Laythe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 XII Ko-tah Threatens the Princess. . . 160 XIII Ko-tah Is Killed. . . . . . . . . . 174 XIV Back to _The Barsoom_. . . . . . . 189