JULES VERNE,
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA," ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS
PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1874.
CONTENTS.
I.The Shark
II.The Three Documents
III.The Captain's Children
IV.Lady Glenarvan's Proposal
V.The Departure of the Duncan
VI.An Unexpected Passenger
VII.Jacques Paganel is Undeceived
VIII.The Geographer's Resolution
IX.Through the Strait of Magellan
X.The Course Decided
XI.Traveling in Chili
XII.Eleven Thousand Feet Aloft
XIII.A Sudden Descent
XIV.Providentially Rescued
XV.Thalcave
XVI.News of the Lost Captain
XVII.A Serious Necessity
XVIII.In Search of Water
XIX.The Red Wolves
XX.Strange Signs
XXI.A False Trail
XXII.The Flood
XXIII.A Singular Abode
XXIV.Paganel's Disclosure
XXV.Between Fire and Water
XXVI.The Return on Board
XXVII.A New Destination
XXVIII.Tristan d'Acunha and the Isle of Amsterdam
XXIX.The Storm on the Indian Ocean
XXX.A Hospitable Colonist
XXXI.The Quartermaster of the Britannia
XXXII.Preparations for the Journey
XXXIII.An Accident
XXXIV.Australian Explorers
XXXV.Crime or Calamity?
XXXVI.Fresh Faces
XXXVII.A Warning
XXXVIII.Wealth in the Wilderness
XXXIX.Suspicious Occurrences
XL.A Startling Discovery
XLI.The Plot Unveiled
XLII.Four Days of Anguish
XLIII.Helpless and Hopeless
XLIV.A Rough Captain
XLV.The Wreck of the Macquarie
XLVI.Vain Efforts
XLVII.A Dreaded Country
XLVIII.Introduction to the Cannibals
XLIX.A Momentous Interview
L.The Chief's Funeral
LI.Strangely Liberated
LII.The Sacred Mountain
LIII.A Bold Stratagem
LIV.From Peril to Safety
LV.Why the Duncan went to New Zealand
LVI.Ayrton's Obstinacy
LVII.A Discouraging Confession
LVIII.A Cry in the Night
LIX.Captain Grant's Story
LX.Paganel's Last Entanglement
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