Excerpt from Wonder Stories The Story of the Astronomer and the Wonders of the Universe The Story of the Heliographer and the Mysteries of the Sun. The Story of the Selenographer and His Trips to the Moon. The Story of the Geologist and His Journeys on the Earth. The Story of the Statesman and the Country in which We Live The Story of the Congressman and Government by the People The Story of the Railroad - the Forerunner of Modern Prog ress The Story of the Empire Builders Who Awakened a Continent The Story of the Steamship and the Conquest of the Seas. The Story of the Aviator and the Ships that Fly in the Clouds The Story of the Canal Builder Who Severed a Hemisphere The Story of the Bridge Builder Who Spans Rivers and Can yons The Story of the Engineer Who Tunnels under the Earth. The Story of the Irrigators Who Transform Deserts into Gar dens The Story of the Dam Builder Who Conquers the Mighty Waters The Story of the Ocean Cables that Connect the Continents. The Story of the Architect and Our Great Skyscrapers The Story of the Man in the Cab Behind the Locomotive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.