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With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared)

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936; Leyendecker, Frank X., 1877-1924 [Illustrator]; Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925 [Illustrator]· 4 chapters· 13,256 words

At nine o'clock of a gusty winter night I stood on the lower stages of one of the G. P. O. outward mail towers. My purpose was a run to Quebec in "Postal Packet 162 or such other as may be appointed"; and the Postmaster-General himself countersigned the order. This talisman op...

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A Planet liner, east bound, heaves up in a superb spiral and takes the air of us humming. Her underbody colloid is open and her transporter-slings hang down like tentacles. We s...

1. Part 1

At nine o'clock of a gusty winter night I stood on the lower stages of one of the G. P. O. outward mail towers. My purpose was a run to Quebec in "Postal Packet 162 or such othe...

3. Part 3

The clips parted with a gesture of indignant dismissal, as though Quebec, glittering under her snows, were casting out these light and unworthy lovers. Our signal came from the...

4. Part 4

HALLIWELL'S ILLUMINATED STAR MAP, with clockwork attachment, giving apparent motion of heavens, boxed, complete with clamps for binnacle. 36 inch size, only £2. 2. 0. (Invaluabl...