Mirrikh, or, A woman from Mars : a tale of occult adventure (1892)
Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917., Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · New York : Burleigh & Johnston Co., 1892. · leaf 45
d such I am inclined to think is actually the case. But there, examine it for yourselves, gentlemen. Wylde, I owe you an apology. Iam sorry I opened the bag against your wishes, but having opened it, I was determined to see what it contained.” I made no reply, for I was still angry. ‘Taking the… … But I could make nothing of it, nor could Maurice. The characters were most peculiar and seemed to be made up of simple strokes, dots and curves, arranged at different angles. They neither extended across the page, nor yet up and down in columns, as the Chinese write, but were arranged in little…
Fiction · Martians
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