Tinkering in his attic workshop, young Rob Joslyn accidentally touches the master key of electricity and summons its Demon, who grants him three marvellous gifts: a food tablet, a repelling tube and a travelling machine worn on the wrist. Rob flies off around the world, meeting buccaneers, a king, a republic in turmoil and a pair of character-reading spectacles along the way.
A curious piece of early science fiction from the creator of Oz; some episodes carry the racial attitudes of 1901. Download the free EPUB.