and it is hoped that they will aid the reader in understanding
the several matters dealt with.

M.W.
1910.

CONTENTS

PAGE

LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS xvii

NOTES ON THE MAPS AND CHARTS xix

THE SUN, MOON, AND PLANETS xxiii

(_Narrative by Wilfrid Poynders, Esq._)

CHAP.
I. WE START ON A VERY LONG VOYAGE 25

II. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES--WHY WE DECIDED ON
THE VOYAGE 35

III. WE APPROACH THE MOON--A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE 44

IV. CLOSE TO THE MOON--I GIVE SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT IT 52

V. WE VIEW THE LUNAR SCENERY IN THE NORTHERN
HEMISPHERE 63

VI. THE SCENERY OF THE MOON'S SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 78

VII. WE RESUME OUR VOYAGE--THE SUN AND THE
SKY AS SEEN FROM SPACE 92

VIII. JOHN INSISTS ON GOING BACK AGAIN--A STRANGE,
BUT AMUSING INCIDENT OCCURS 101

IX. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION--I GIVE
SOME PARTICULARS ABOUT MARS AND MARTIAN
DISCOVERY 113

X. THE DISCOVERY OF LINES UPON MARS--THE
GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY 128

XI. THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY (_continued_) 139

XII. WE ARE MYSTERIOUSLY PREVENTED FROM APPROACHING
MARS 155

XIII. WE ARRIVE ON MARS AND MEET WITH A STARTLING
SURPRISE 162

XIV. I MAKE A MOST AMAZING DISCOVERY 166

XV. WHAT IS IN A NAME!--THE STORY OF MERNA 169

XVI. WE LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWERS OF
THE MARTIANS 184

XVII. WE VISIT THE CANALS AND DISCOVER THEIR
SECRET--MARTIAN VIEWS OF LIFE AND DEATH 194

XVIII. WE ATTEND A MARTIAN BANQUET 207

XIX. THE CHIEF OF THE MARTIAN COUNCIL DISCUSSES
THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR
WORLD AND MARS 212

XX. THE SECRET OF THE "CARETS"--THE SUN AS
SEEN FROM MAR