viii, 291 pp., 4-page advertisement follows text (the list of James de Mille's works does not include this work). An early example of the Lost Race or Lost World genre of science fiction, set in mid-19th century Antarctica. "Lost-race novel with some social satire... One of the better early lost-race stories, written with some thought and care. The author is obviously indebted to E.A. Poe's Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym." (Bleiler 562)
