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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Caesar's Column, by Ignatius Donnelly(#2 in our series by Ignatius Donnelly)Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check thecopyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributingthis or any other Project Gutenberg eBook.This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this ProjectGutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit theheader without written permission.Please read the "legal small print," and other information about theeBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included isimportant information about your specific rights and restrictions inhow the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make adonation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved.**Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts****eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971*******These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!*****Title: Caesar's ColumnAuthor: Ignatius DonnellyRelease Date: February, 2004 [EBook #5155][Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule][This file was first posted on May 17, 2002]Edition: 10Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: UTF-8*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, CAESAR'S COLUMN ***This eBook was created by Norm Wolcott.Caesar's Column by Ignatius DonnellyRedactor's note: In this one of his last books Donnelly presageslater futurist works such as "Brave New World" and "1984". Theoriginal scans and OCR were provided by Mr. J.B. Hare; for furtherinformation about Donnelly and this book seehttp://www.sacred-texts.com/utopia/cc/index.htm. There is only onefootnote marked {fn1. ]----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
CSAR'S COLUMN
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A Story of the Twentieth Century.BY IGNATIUS DONNELLY.writing asEDMUND BOISGILBERT, M.D.Chicago, F.J. Shulte & Co.[1890]----------------------------------------------------------------------TABLE OF CONTENTSTo the PublicI THE GREAT CITYII. MY ADVENTUREIII. THE BEGGAR'S HOMEIV. THE UNDER-WORLDV. ESTELLA WASHINGTONVI. THE INTERVIEWVII. THE HIDING-PLACEVIII. THE BROTHERHOODIX. THE POISONED KNIFEX. PREPARATIONS FOR TO-NIGHTXI. HOW THE WORLD CAME TO BE RUINEDXII. GABRIEL'S UTOPIAXIII. THE COUNCIL OF THE OLIGARCHYXIV. THE SPY'S STORYXV. THE MASTER OF "THE DEMONS"XVI. GABRIEL'S FOLLYXVII. THE FLIGHT AND PURSUITXVIII. THE EXECUTION
 
XIX. THE MAMELUKES OF THE AIRXX. THE WORKINGMEN'S MEETINGXXI. A SERMON OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURYXXII. ESTELLA AND IXXIII. MAX'S STORY-THE SONGSTRESSXXIV. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE JOURNEYMAN PRINTERXXV. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE DARK SHADOWXXVI. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE WIDOW AND HER SONXXVII. MAX'S STORY CONTINUED--THE BLACKSMITH SHOPXXVIII. MAX'S STORY CONCLUDED--THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENSXXIX. ELYSIUMXXX. UPON THE HOUSE-TOPXXXI. "SHEOL"XXXII. THE RAT-TRAPXXXIII. "THE OCEAN OVERPEERS ITS LIST"XXXIV. THE PRINCE GIVES HIS LAST BRIBEXXXV. THE LIBERATED PRISONERXXXVI. CSAR ERECTS HIS MONUMENT
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XXXVII. THE SECOND DAYXXXVIII. THE FLIGHTXXXIX. EUROPEXL. THE GARDEN IN THE MOUNTAINS----------------------------------------------------------------------_"The true poet is only a masked father-confessor, whose specialfunction it is to exhibit what is dangerous in sentiment andpernicious in action, by a vivid picture of theconsequences."--Goethe._To the PublicIt is to you, O thoughtful and considerate public, that I dedicatethis book. May it, under the providence of God, do good to thisgeneration and posterity!I earnestly hope my meaning, in the writing thereof, may not be
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