Chapter I: Front Matter

ATALANTA

ATALANTA
OR
TWELVE MONTHS IN THE
EVENING STAR

BY
CHARLES NAPIER RICHARDS

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

BRIGHTON
H. & C. TREACHER, 1 NORTH STREET
LONDON
SIMPKIN MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT, & CO., LTD.
STATIONERS HALL COURT, E.C.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE GATHERING OF THE FRIENDS 7

II. A LIFE SORROW AND ITS REMEDY 13

III. STARTING SKYWARDS 17

IV. THE LUNAR PERIL 26

V. THE METEORIC STORM 33

VI. INTO THE BLACK GULF 40

VII. THE NORTHERN ISLAND 48

VIII. FIRST EXPLORATIONS 54

IX. ACROSS THE CENTRAL OCEAN 60

X. WHEN THE RAIN MIST LIFTED 67

XI. THE CITY AND ITS WELCOME 77

XII. NEEDFUL PREPARATIONS 89

XIII. THE FIRST ORDEAL 98

XIV. THE SECOND ORDEAL 109

XV. A TALE AT A SUPPER PARTY 120

XVI. MALCHON’S GOSPEL 130

XVII. THE PERILS OF CROSS CURRENTS 139

XVIII. THE FESTIVAL OF PANACLA 147

XIX. AN AERIAL VOYAGE WITH DIVERS EXPERIENCES 156

XX. THE ISLAND OF TWILIGHT 167

XXI. THE PEAK OF APTAURA 173

XXII. THE GREAT MYSTERY 177

XXIII. LYDON’S REVOLT 187

XXIV. THE DENUNCIATION AND THE RETRIBUTION 198

XXV. THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW 211

XXVI. THE FAREWELL OF AMALONA 221

XXVII. THE SACRED MANUSCRIPT AND THE PRICE PAID FOR IT 228

XXVIII. THE MESSAGE FROM THE OBSERVATORY 241

XXIX. THE FEAST OF FAREWELL 253

XXX. THE MYSTERY THAT WAS UNSOLVED 267

ATALANTA