... Tarzan ofthe Apes (1912)• A Princess ofMars (1912)• John Carter and the Giant ofMars (1940)• A Fighting Man ofMars (1930)• The Master Mind ofMars (1927)• Swords ofMars (1934)• The Warlord ... surface ofthe coin. The card might represent the section ofthe wall that turned and the silver dollar the section ofthe floor. Both were so nicely fitted into the adjacent portions ofthe floor ... for the source or meaning ofthe wail. And indeed the latter proved to be the truth, for this strange growth upon the crani-ums ofthe plant men of Barsoom represents the thousand ears of these10attack...
... bars ofthe cage smacked against the cement wall ofthe pit,John Carter's arms shot out with the quickness of a striking snake.His fingers closed in a grip of steel about the ankle ofthe ... necks. They sat at a tablewhere they had been eating, and the food was still before them. Theyhad been the prisoners, the slaves ofthe rulers ofthe long-dead city. The dry, motionless air combined ... and lowered them sothat the cage tops were a little below the surface ofthe ground inside the pit. Then he refastened the ropes and stood for some time on the brinklooking down on the helpless...
... of Mars, with Dejah Thoris, his mate, ledin the dancing, and if there was another couple that vied with them inpossession ofthe silent admiration ofthe guests it was the resplendentJed of ... replied another of those upon the roof of the palace, "for it will not be long from the moment her cables part be-fore her crew dons the leather ofthe dead; but yet, Tanus, I believe theywill ... into the water on either side of marble steps. A glassdome let in the sun-light, which flooded the interior, glancing from the polished white ofthe marble walls and the procession of bathers...
... ofthe Apes (1912)• A Princess ofMars (1912)• John Carter and the Giant ofMars (1940)• TheGodsofMars (1918)• A Fighting Man ofMars (1930)• The Master Mind ofMars (1927)• Swords of ... companion when the lesser thern had quoted the words of Thurid and scoffed at them: "And what think you ofthe ridicu-lous matter ofthe light? Let the light shine with the intensity of three ... up the center ofthe stream, which was much narrower than the Iss.As they came nearer I heard the voices of Thurid and the Father of Therns raised in argument."I tell you, Thern," the...
... On the ground in front of him the ants were still swarming. Hun-dreds of them were coming from the ant hill and were flying off. Therewere thousands of them. Eventually, in the recesses of ... was doing the shouting. The sphere was finished, done for. It was out ofthe fight, rolling down the vast hill ofthe sky, it would smash on the planet below.They were following it.There was ... attention to the conversation.But all the time they were stealing glances at the ship. With half theirminds, they seemed to be listening to what was being said. But the otherhalf of their minds...
... reposed the bodies ofthe ape and the man, each of whichpossessed half the brain ofthe other. Here I was forced to leave Valla Diafor the time, that I might hasten to the office and perform the ... wastes of interplanetary space. There was an instant of extremecold and utter darkness, then—But the rest is in the manuscript that,with the aid of one greater than either of us, I have found the ... the minutest detail the nerve or tissue structure ofthe body. I learned also the secret ofthe fewdrops of solution which, added to the rewarmed blood before it is re-turned to the veins of...
... DEPARTMENTS One of £10; two of £5; two of £2 10s.; ten of £1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s.GIRLS' DEPARTMENTS One of £5; two of £2; eight of £1; fifteen of 10s.; thirty of 5s. The following ... Bancroft, forinstance, writing ofthe Maya races ofthe Pacific, tells us that "before planting the seed they held a festival inhonour of their gods, Ekchuah, Chac, and Hobnil, who were their ... solemnize it, they all wentto the plantation of one of their number, where they sacrificed a dog having a spot on its skin the colour of cacao. They burned incense to their idols, after which they gave...
... first dead ofthe two… . The most dramatic ofthe fifty appearances was certainly that of the wasp that visited the British Museum about midday, dropping out of the blue serene upon one ofthe innumerable ... altogether, through the park and vil-lages and then along the green glades ofthe Hickleybrow preserves. The trees were all dusted with the green spangles of high spring, the hedgeswere full of ... at the barand drinking his hot gin and water, with one eye roving over the thingsat the back ofthe bar and the other fixed on the Absolute, missed the psychological moment.“I thuppothe there...
... On the ground in front of him the ants were still swarming. Hun-dreds of them were coming from the ant hill and were flying off. Therewere thousands of them. Eventually, in the recesses of ... had gone and the cold had come. He could see Sarkoff's bodylying beside one ofthe drivers. The two other men were across the room.A door to the stern compartment was there. They were crumpled ... setting up a device of some kind. Others of theirspecies had joined them until there were possibly thirty or forty present.Through thethe gaping hole in the hull, still others could be seen...