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The Munsey Panorama     SOUTHERN STAR     Page 7

ACROSS A THOUSAND YEARS, by Elliot Balestier. 7pp, March, 1909.

For hundreds of years the body of the Red Earl had been preserved in ice, but at last, in accordance with the Viking legend, he came back from the sea with a priceless treasure. His descendant, Captain Neilsen faces him across the centuries, and received the treasure.
THE FIRE GLOBE, by Norman H. Crowell, 7pp, April, 1909.
In the Chinese outlaw city, Weeks killed the lion with one paragraph, but while Riggs was fumbling around under the waves for the jools, along came a comet's tail and wiped out the whole shebang. And I don't care if it did.
THE CHANGELINGS, by W. D. Wattles. Complete Novel, 27pp, May, 1909.
There's something about this fool thing that appeals to me. Did you ever read a story and think that you'd probably be the only reader to like it? Too much British and Irish accent is evident in the dialogue, but if you put of with that, then you might find a good bit of what J. G. and others call good clean fun. That is, if you care for the Wodehouse brand. Anyhow, here's what it is: an insane brain specialist kidnaps an Englisman and an Irishman, and operates, to prove a theory. Result, the men are the same afterward, except that the Irishman talks like the Englishman and vice versa. The problem thereafter is how to keep your girl friend with your new accent. The developments are well handled, and I say it's fantasy.
MR. POPKIN'S PRIVATE JAIL, by L. H. Robbins. 6pp, June, 1909.
Millionaire Mr. Popkin set up a home for the strong-minded, conducted "for the benefit of the public." Whenever one of the nation's great men would begin to take himself too seriously, Mr. Popkin would kidnap him and "save him from himself."
PERPETUAL YOUTH, by W. D. Wattles. 3pp, June, 1909.
In 1908 they were in love, but it chanced that the lady was married, and that stumbling block in 1908, was insurmountable. A Magian lecturer taught them that growing old is a matter of the subconscious, and so they learned to stay young, and met again in 2008. But again, surprisingly, the lady already had a husband. At their last meeting in 2108 they both were very bored with life and wanted to grow old. The gentleman proudly displayed his one gray hair, hoped for others.
INVISIBLE, by Edna Valentine Trapnell. P. 137, October, 1908.
Poem. Quite creepy.
MORNING STAR, by H. Rider Haggard. Serial, 8 parts, November, 1909.
"It was evening in Egypt, thousands of years ago, when the Prince Abi, governor of Memphis and of great territories in the Delta, made fast his ship of state to a quay beneath the outermost walls of the mighty city of Thebes. . . ."
I submit that is a pretty good opening sentence; it was good enough, anyway, to cause this reader to swear he wouldn't miss a word from there on.
Prince Abi (the villain of the piece) hoped one day to ascend the throne, for Pharaoh was childless; but at last, by special favor of the god Amon, the princess Morning Star was born. From the first, Morning Star was a being set apart, a half goddess. To watch over her and guide her, the gods appointed a sort of astral double, called a Ka. The Ka was "just like me, except that it throws no shadow, and only comes when I am quite by myself; and then,although I hear it often, I see it rarely, for it is mixed up with the light."
With the death of her mother, the princess was reared by Asti, the enchantress, and as soon as she was grown to womanhood, shared the throne with Pharaoh. She would take no suitor for husband, however, because she loved Rames, Asti's son.

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The Munsey Panorama SOUTHERN STAR Page 7 ACROSS A THOUSAND YEARS, by Elliot Balestier. 7pp, March, 1909. For hundreds of years the body of the Red Earl had been preserved in ice, but at last, in accordance with the Viking legend, he came back from the sea with a priceless treasure. His descendant, Captain Neilsen faces him across the centuries, and received the treasure. THE FIRE GLOBE, by Norman H. Crowell, 7pp, April, 1909. In the Chinese outlaw city, Weeks killed the lion with one paragraph, but while Riggs was fumbling around under the waves for the jools, along came a comet's tail and wiped out the whole shebang. And I don't care if it did. THE CHANGELINGS, by W. D. Wattles. Complete Novel, 27pp, May, 1909. There's something about this fool thing that appeals to me. Did you ever read a story and think that you'd probably be the only reader to like it? Too much British and Irish accent is evident in the dialogue, but if you put of with that, then you might find a good bit of what J. G. and others call good clean fun. That is, if you care for the Wodehouse brand. Anyhow, here's what it is: an insane brain specialist kidnaps an Englisman and an Irishman, and operates, to prove a theory. Result, the men are the same afterward, except that the Irishman talks like the Englishman and vice versa. The problem thereafter is how to keep your girl friend with your new accent. The developments are well handled, and I say it's fantasy. MR. POPKIN'S PRIVATE JAIL, by L. H. Robbins. 6pp, June, 1909. Millionaire Mr. Popkin set up a home for the strong-minded, conducted "for the benefit of the public." Whenever one of the nation's great men would begin to take himself too seriously, Mr. Popkin would kidnap him and "save him from himself." PERPETUAL YOUTH, by W. D. Wattles. 3pp, June, 1909. In 1908 they were in love, but it chanced that the lady was married, and that stumbling block in 1908, was insurmountable. A Magian lecturer taught them that growing old is a matter of the subconscious, and so they learned to stay young, and met again in 2008. But again, surprisingly, the lady already had a husband. At their last meeting in 2108 they both were very bored with life and wanted to grow old. The gentleman proudly displayed his one gray hair, hoped for others. INVISIBLE, by Edna Valentine Trapnell. P. 137, October, 1908. Poem. Quite creepy. MORNING STAR, by H. Rider Haggard. Serial, 8 parts, November, 1909. "It was evening in Egypt, thousands of years ago, when the Prince Abi, governor of Memphis and of great territories in the Delta, made fast his ship of state to a quay beneath the outermost walls of the mighty city of Thebes. . . ." I submit that is a pretty good opening sentence; it was good enough, anyway, to cause this reader to swear he wouldn't miss a word from there on. Prince Abi (the villain of the piece) hoped one day to ascend the throne, for Pharaoh was childless; but at last, by special favor of the god Amon, the princess Morning Star was born. From the first, Morning Star was a being set apart, a half goddess. To watch over her and guide her, the gods appointed a sort of astral double, called a Ka. The Ka was "just like me, except that it throws no shadow, and only comes when I am quite by myself; and then,although I hear it often, I see it rarely, for it is mixed up with the light." With the death of her mother, the princess was reared by Asti, the enchantress, and as soon as she was grown to womanhood, shared the throne with Pharaoh. She would take no suitor for husband, however, because she loved Rames, Asti's son.