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The Thinking Machine

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The Thinking Machine (1907)
by Jacques Futrelle

Edition: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907. Accompanying illustrations by The Kinneys (Troy Kinney and Margaret West Kinney omitted.

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THE
THINKING MACHINE

Being a True and Complete Statement of Several Intricate
Mysteries which came under the Observation of
Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen
M.D., PH.D., LL.D., F.R.S. etc.

BY
JACQUES FUTRELLE

Author of "The Chase of The Golden Plate,"
"The Haunted Bell," etc., etc.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
THE KINNEYS

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1907

Copyright, 1905, 1906, by American Journal Examiner
Copyright, 1907, by Dodd, Mead & Co.


By courtesy of William Randolph Hearst


Published March, 1907

To

those two persons who made The Thinking Machine possible

J. L. E.,

who opened the way, and

L. M. F.,

who guided, advised and encouraged the hand that labored,

these tales are gratefully dedicated

CONTENTS


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "Look out for a shot," warned the Thinking Machine, sharply Frontispiece
  2. facing page
  3. "Will you tell how you did it, or shall I?" 96
  4. Curtis looked again, then sank down on the couch beside the body 164
  5. "It is an outrage,"' she sobbed 276

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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