The World’s Last Wonder Chapter IV

As discussed in a previous blog post, I identified a great space opera story in Australian Newspaper Fiction from 1901. Unfortunately it was missing chapter IV.

I am very grateful for the help of both the National Library of Australia and Melbourne University Library in finding the missing chapter. At this stage chapter IV is not available online, and various permissions may need to be sought for this to happen. In the meantime, I am able to now read the complete story and analyse it properly. It will be the main focus of my chapter on Australian newspaper space opera fiction of the early 20th century.

The To Be Continued database has a feature that enables an export of a complete story for those who wish to download one for themselves. I envisage that this will be possible with this story within a few years, if not earlier.