# The Secret of the Earth

Author: Beale, Charles Willing, 1845-1932

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44535

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Secret+of+the+Earth+Beale&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

For nearly a week the Dutchman had idled along with a cargo of cocoa, jaggaree, trepang, some Manado coffee, a few bags of nutmegs and other products of the Archipelago, but without an incident worth logging; when suddenly, an odd looking cask, with mast and streamer, was seen floating in the waters ahead, and all hands became alive with excitement. A couple of burly fellows hauled the barrel upon the deck, with the expectation of a prize, but were discomfited on finding that it contained only some cotton cloth, carefully wrapped about a dirty water-stained document, written in a language which no one could understand. Even Captain Waaijen himself was unable to read a word of it, despite...

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-earth-44535/chapters/18/index.md)