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Title: In Search of the Unknown

Author: Robert W. Chambers

Release Date: June 23, 2006 [EBook #18668]

Language: English

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[Illustration: SHE STARTED TOWARD THE DOOR]

IN SEARCH OF THE
UNKNOWN

BY
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS

AUTHOR OF "THE MAIDS OF PARADISE" "THE MAID-AT-ARMS"
"CARDIGAN" "THE CONSPIRATORS" ETC.

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1904

Copyright, 1904, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.

_All rights reserved._
Published June, 1904.

TO
MY FRIEND
E. LE GRAND BEERS

MY DEAR LE GRAND,--You and I were early drawn together by a
common love of nature. Your researches into the natural
history of the tree-toad, your observations upon the
mud-turtles of Providence Township, your experiments with the
fresh-water lobster, all stimulated my enthusiasm in a
scientific direction, which has crystallized in this helpful
little book, dedicated to you.

Pray accept it as an insignificant payment on account for all
I owe to you.

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE

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