Artabanzanus

by William Moore Ferrar

ARTABANZANUS:

The Demon of the Great Lake.

AN ALLEGORICAL ROMANCE OF TASMANIA.

Arranged from the Diary of the late Oliver Ubertus
BY
WILLIAM M. FERRAR.

Glendower.—I can call spirits from the vasty deep.⁠
Hotspur.— Why so can I, or so can any man.
⁠But will they come when you do call for them?
Shakespeare.

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1896.

To

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, M.P.,

THIS WORK
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE EDITOR.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER		PAGE
.	PROLOGUE -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	1
I.	LAKE SORELL AND THE GIANT'S CASTLE -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	7
II.	THE VAST CITY OF ETERNITY -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	18
III.	THE DEMON INTRODUCES HIMSELF -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	35
IV.	THE CITY OF PANDAPOLIS -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	41
V.	THE DEMON'S DAUGHTERS -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	56
VI.	A GRAND REVIEW -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	71
VII.	THE MILITARY HOSPITAL -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	85
VIII.	DOCTOR JULIUS -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	101
IX.	THE STAR OF VICTORY -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	116
X.	TALKS WITH THE DOCTOR -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	141
XI.	THE ENCHANTED HALL -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	156
XII.	THE COURT OF A GRAND POTENTATE -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	167
XIII.	THE STRANGER'S STORY -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	185
XIV.	THE PARLIAMENT OF PANDAPOLIS -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	206
XV.	THE DUEL -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	228
XVI.	OUR DEPARTURE -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	243
XVII.	THE DOCTOR'S APPARENT FATE -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	261
XVIII.	THE STORY OF HELEN AND JULIUS -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	276
XIX.	I LOSE THE GOOD DOCTOR -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	308
.	EPILOGUE -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -	311