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Title: The Wreck of the Titan
or, Futility

Author: Morgan Robertson

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Language: English

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THE WRECK OF THE
TITAN

OR, FUTILITY

BY

MORGAN ROBERTSON

AUTOGRAPH EDITION
PUBLISHED BY
McCLURE'S MAGAZINE
AND
METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE

Copyright, 1898, by
M. F. MANSFIELD

Copyright, 1912, by
MORGAN ROBERTSON

_All rights reserved_

THE QUINN & BODEN CO. PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.

CONTENTS

THE WRECK OF THE TITAN 1

THE PIRATES 70

BEYOND THE SPECTRUM 207

IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW 227

THE WRECK OF THE TITAN;
OR FUTILITY

THE WRECK OF THE TITAN

CHAPTER I

She was the largest craft afloat and the greatest of the works of men.
In her construction and maintenance were involved every science,
profession, and trade known to civilization. On her bridge were
officers, who, besides being the pick of the Royal Navy, had passed
rigid examinations in all studies that pertained to the winds, tides,
currents, and geography of the sea; they were not only seamen, but
scientists. The same professional standard applied to the personnel of
the engine-room, and the steward's department was equal to that of a
first-class hotel.

Two brass bands, two orchestras, and a theatrical company entertained
the passengers during waking hours; a corps of physicians attended to
the temporal, and a corps of chaplains to the spiritual, welfare of all
on board, while a well-drilled fire-company soothed the fears of nervous
ones and added to the general entertainment by daily practice with their
apparatus.

From her lofty bridge ran hidden telegraph lines to the bow, stern
engine-room, crow's-nest on the foremast, and to all parts of the ship
where work was done, ea