nterests of science,
discovery, commerce, and possibly conquest. They were anxious to
discover the continents that lie above and beyond Atvatabar,
surrounded by unknown Plutusian seas, and bear to their respective
countries some signal trophies of their daring and prowess in the
internal world.

It was arranged that on their return to Kioram, the _Polar King_, with
myself and Lyone on board, should sail with the _Mercury_ and _Aurora
Borealis_ for the United States. The sailing of the three vessels up
New York Bay would be a historic event, and great would be the
curiosity of the American people to see the Goddess of Atvatabar and
our retinue of wayleals as proof of the existence of Bilbimtesirol,
the interior world.

And now, my dear reader, we must part for the present. By a change of
plans on the part of Captain Adams, the _Mercury_, the vessel that
will bear the manuscript of my adventures in the interior world, is
already waiting to start on her voyage. I regret that many strange
things have been left unsaid. Many extraordinary experiences have been
omitted, because I am desirous that this brief history of the
happiness that befell me and my devoted sailors in Atvatabar should
be published without delay, to allay the natural curiosity excited in
the outer world by the story of our discovery of Plutusia.

You may possibly feel a desire to know the future fortunes of Queen
Lyone and myself in a part of the world hitherto undreamed of, and
when I again address you I hope to describe our future experiences on
the throne of Atvatabar. We purpose to apply a liberal portion of the
vast wealth of our kingdom to the pursuit of invention, art, and
spirituality, preserving and enlarging the existing palaces of
invention and art and the palaces of Egyplosis as institutions for the
development of the soul and its attributes of spirit power. It will be
our purpose to extend to the utmost limits the empire of mind over
matter in developing invention. In art, we will, by means of its
manifold radiant symbols, reproduce every idea of the soul shaped by
sentiment and imagination, and in sounding the abysses of the heart
express what is considered the inexpressible.

In spirituality, the science and art of soul and its manifestations in
the body, and after the temporary or complete severance therefrom,
will be investigated on a much wider basis than ever before, and
spirit power, apart from the worship of soul as deity, will be