This is a collection of five short stories of science fiction featuring the marvellous Dr. Hackensaw. The stories include: (1) Some Minor Inventions (Doctor Hackensaw has his secrets, but most of our readers make no secret of the fact that they appreciate the doctor's work. The author has the knack-or perhaps we should call it, the quality-of helping the doctor present the most extraordinary, wonderful things in such a manner as to make them appear both plausible and possible. Here this ingenious inventor explains to us some of his comparatively simple inventions, giving us a machine with which to can bread, another to do away with the human typist-and even translator entirely-etc-all useful machines. Still he is dissatisfied-so he always goes ahead, ever seeking new improvements. Usually he succeeds. Here is food for thought-and experimentation-even if the story is humorously told. It is full of interest and new ideas), (2) The Secret of Television, (3) The Secret of the Invisible Girl (Making one's self invisible has always been one of the great fascinations to the human race. And no wonder! Imagine all the mischief we could make, all the eavesdropping we could do, and all the secrets we could unravel! Scientifically speaking, it is not impossible to make a body invisible. Recent experiments made by a New England professor of chemistry show that when certain liquids are injected into organic tissues, they become practically transparent. The professor succeeded in making small animals entirely transparent and practically invisible. Who knows that in the future, by some means of chemicals, combined with certain rays, it may not be possible for us to make ourselves entirely invisible? We are sure you will enjoy the latest Dr. Hackensaw Exploit of the Invisible Girl. How would YOU catch an invisible person? But nothing is impossible to Dr. Hackensaw, so see how he did it!), (4) A Journey to the Year 2025, and (5) The Secret of Artificial Reproduction. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of these timeless stories.
