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..............................169 MORELLA..................................................................................................184 A TALE OF THE RAGGED MOUNTAINS.............................................189 THE SPECTACLES ...................................................................................198 KING PEST ...............................................

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.................................................................................................................................................... 127 THE OVER-SOUL .................................................................................................................................................. 137 IX. THE OVER-SOUL .............................................

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.... 14 DEATH OF EDGAR A. POE BY N. P. WILLIS........................................................................................................ 19 THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF ONE HANS PFAAL......................................................................... 26 Notes to Hans Pfaal ......................................................................................

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