{"product_id":"2940013499508","title":"THE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUTERPE-THALIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. THE SARDIS WORKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. MARGARET RALEIGH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. THE MISSION OF SAMUEL BLOCK V. UNDER WATER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. VOICES FROM THE POLAR SEAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. GOOD NEWS GOES FROM SARDIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. THE DEVIL ON THE DIPSEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX. THE ARTESIAN RAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX. \"LAKE SHIVER\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI. THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE POLAR SEA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII. CAPTAIN HUBBELL TAKES COMMAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII. LONGITUDE EVERYTHING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV. A REGION OF NOTHINGNESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV. THE AUTOMATIC SHELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI. THE TRACK OF THE SHELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII. CAPTAIN HUBBELL DECLINES TO GO WHALING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. MR. MARCY'S CANAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX. THE ICY GATEWAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX. \"THAT IS HOW I LOVE YOU\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXI. THE CAVE OF LIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXII. CLEWE'S THEORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. THE LAST DIVE OF THE DIPSEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXIV. ROVINSKI COMES TO THE SURFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXV. LAURELS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GREAT STONE OF SARDIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUTERPE-THALIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was about noon of a day in early summer that a westward-bound\u003cbr\u003eAtlantic liner was rapidly nearing the port of New York. Not long\u003cbr\u003ebefore, the old light-house on Montauk Point had been sighted, and the\u003cbr\u003ecompany on board the vessel were animated by the knowledge that in a few\u003cbr\u003ehours they would be at the end of their voyage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vessel now speeding along the southern coast of Long Island was the\u003cbr\u003eEuterpe-Thalia, from Southampton. On Wednesday morning she had left her\u003cbr\u003eEnglish port, and many of her passengers were naturally anxious to be\u003cbr\u003eon shore in time to transact their business on the last day of the week.\u003cbr\u003eThere were even some who expected to make their return voyage on the\u003cbr\u003eMelpomene-Thalia, which would leave New York on the next Monday.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Euterpe-Thalia was one of those combination ocean vessels which had\u003cbr\u003enow been in use for nearly ten years, and although the present voyage\u003cbr\u003ewas not a particularly rapid one, it had been made in a little less than\u003cbr\u003ethree days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs may be easily imagined, a vessel like this was a very different\u003cbr\u003ecraft from the old steamers which used to cross the Atlantic--\"ocean\u003cbr\u003egreyhounds\" they were called--in the latter part of the nineteenth\u003cbr\u003ecentury.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt would be out of place here to give a full description of the vessels\u003cbr\u003ewhich at the period of our story, in 1947, crossed the Atlantic at\u003cbr\u003ean average time of three days, but an idea of their construction\u003cbr\u003ewill suffice. Most of these vessels belonged to the class of the\u003cbr\u003eEuterpe-Thalia, and were, in fact, compound marine structures, the two\u003cbr\u003eportions being entirely distinct from each other. The great hull of\u003cbr\u003eeach of these vessels contained nothing but its electric engines and its\u003cbr\u003epropelling machinery, with the necessary fuel and adjuncts.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079560741104,"sku":"2940013499508","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013499508_p0.jpg?v=1763582250","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013499508","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}