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Title: The Smoky God

Author: Willis George Emerson

Release Date: January, 2002 [Etext #3007]
Posting Date: October 29, 2009

Language: English

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Produced by Judy Boss

THE SMOKY GOD

OR

A Voyage to the Inner World

By Willis George Emerson

Author Of "Buell Hampton," "The Builders," Etc.

Copyright, 1908,

Dedicated
TO
MY CHUM AND COMPANION
BONNIE EMERSON
MY WIFE

NB: I have removed running heads and page numbers, have joined footnotes
spread over two or more pages, have moved footnotes to a position
immediately below the paragraph that refers to them, and have changed
footnote numbers from 1 at the beginning of each note to a sequence
of 1-25. I have also enclosed each footnote number in the text within
square brackets and have enclosed each entire footnote within square
brackets as well.

Note: I have made the following changes to the text: PAGE NOTE LINE
ORIGINAL CHANGED TO 97 10 to too
126 4 Heddekel Hiddekel
139 1 3 Cratyluo Cratylus
147 11 tiouous tinuous
178 18 Los- Los
180 1 17 Scoreby, Scoresby,

CONTENTS

PART I. AUTHOR'S FOREWORD
PART II. OLAF JANSEN'S STORY
PART III. BEYOND THE NORTH WIND
PART IV. IN THE UNDER WORLD
PART V. AMONG THE ICE PACKS
PART VI. CONCLUSION
PART VII. AUTHOR'S AFTERWORD

THE SMOKY GOD

OR

A VOYAGE TO THE INNER WORLD

"He is the God who sits in the center, on
the navel of the earth, and he is the interpreter
of religion to all mankind."--PLATO.

PART ONE. AUTHOR'S FOREWORD

I FEAR the seemingly incredible story which I am about to relate will be
regarded as the result of a distorted intellect superinduced, possibly,
by the glamour of unveiling a marvelous mystery, rather than a truthful
record of the unparalleled experiences related by one Olaf Jansen, whose
eloquent madness so appealed