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Tables of Contents for Tales of Wonder
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Texts and Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xiii
Whimsical Wonders
Petrified Man
3
1
Earthquake Almanac
4
2
A Curious Pleasure Excursion
6
4
The Curious Republic of Gondour
10
4
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
14
47
Instantaneous Communication
The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton
61
16
Time-Travel Contexts from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
77
19
Mental Telegraphy
96
16
Mental Telegraphy Again
112
5
My Platonic Sweetheart
117
10
From the ``London Times'' of 1904
127
12
Doubtful Speculations
``The Great Dark''
139
37
The Secret History of Eddypus, the World-Empire
176
50
Sold to Satan
226
7
3,000 Years Among the Microbes
233
94
Appendixes
A. ``The Mysterious Balloonist''
327
4
B. A Synopsis of ``A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage''
331
3
C. ``The Generation Iceberg''
334
1
D. Shackleford's Ghost
335
3
E. ``History 1,000 Years from Now''
338
3
Explanatory Notes
341
40
Selected Bibliography
381