Chapter I: Front Matter

[Transcriber's note: The use of [a:] denotes the letter a/A with a diaeresis below. I was unable to locate a utf8 equivalent. Original spelling has been retained, my limited knowledge of ENTOESE left me with little choice.]

JOURNEYS TO

THE PLANET MARS

OR

OUR MISSION TO ENTO

BY

SARA WEISS

Author of "Story of Decimon Huydas: A Romance of the Planet Mars"

THE BRADFORD PRESS 45 BROADWAY NEW YORK

Copyright, 1903,

BY

SARA WEISS

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Interview with the Evon-Thia 1

II. Special Features of Mars 14

III. Ento, and Entoans 35

IV. Descriptive Features 53

V. Giordano Bruno 74

VI. Inidora and Genessano 103

VII. First Approach to Ento Sensitives 132

VIII. Spiritualized Man 166

IX. Meeting with Camarissa 177

X. Dr. Blank's Lesson 215

XI. In the Galarésa 249

XII. Europe and the Far North 284

XIII. Ento's Precious Stones 317

XIV. Dano and Vallo[a:] 370

XV. Re-embodiment 382

XVI. Concerning the Eskimos 434

XVII. Culmination of the Mission 473

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

In the Ento language, the accented A has the sound of [a:]h. The horizontal line over E, gives it the long sound of a. The circumflex over ŷ and û, closes them, and in certain words I takes the sound of E. Thus, Info st[a:] tiv[a:] Zēnoss[a:]a oovistû is pronounced Info st[a:]h tev[a:]h Zēnoss[a:][a:] oovistû. In English this signifies, To the care of the gods until we meet again, and Info oovistû bears the same meaning as the French expression, au revoir. Largely the Ento language is a language of inferences, it expresses far more than words indicate. Various movements of the hands convey subtle meanings, adding to, or detracting from apparently simple statements, questions or replies. Tylû is Ento for city; y and û being closed it is pronounced Tilloo. The interjection, Loh[a:]û is Ento for the English word, hail; a form of greeting, as Loh[a:]û, ēmano (Hail, friend!) and is pronounced Lohowoo amano. These are simple examples of a language not at all complex, but replete with charming expressiveness.