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In the year 1914, two brilliant scientists, Pennell and Lazaroff, share a dinner at the home of Sir Spofforth and his daughter, Esther. Spofforth is the benefactor of the Biological Research Institute where they work, and during the evening, a heated debate arises between Lazaroff and Spofforth regarding the conflict between science and religion. While Spofforth believes there is no clash, Lazaroff is convinced that within a century, science will reign supreme as humanitys guiding faith, overshadowing all other religions. What they perceive as a mere academic argument takes a sinister turn as ...

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the most acclaimed work of James De Mille, first serialized posthumously in Harpers Weekly and later published in book form by Harper and Brothers in 1888. This satirical romance follows the adventures of Adam More, a British sailor who, after being shipwrecked in Antarctica, discovers a tropical lost world teeming with prehistoric creatures, exotic plants, and a bizarre cult of death-worshipping primitives. Here, he encounters a highly evolved human society that has completely inverted the values of Victorian culture wealth is despised while ...

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The following is the actual 1906 audio advertisement, from the popular recording artist Len Spencer, played on Edison phonograph cylinders. Len Spencer (February 12, 1867 - December 15, 1914) began recording for the Columbia Phonograph Company in the early 1890s and, later, recorded extensively for the New Jersey Phonograph Company and its successor the United States Phonograph Company.