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Title: All Around the Moon
Author: Jules Verne
Translator: Edward Roth
Release Date: August 6, 2005 [EBook #16457]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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ALL
AROUND THE MOON
FROM THE FRENCH OF
JULES VERNE
AUTHOR OF "FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON", "TO THE SUN!" AND "OFF ON A
COMET!"
BY
EDWARD ROTH
ILLUSTRATED
PHILADELPHIA
DAVID MCKAY, PUBLISHER
23 SOUTH NINTH STREET
CONTENTS.
PRELIMINARY
I. FROM 10 P.M. TO 10. 46' 40''
II. THE FIRST HALF HOUR
III. THEY MAKE THEMSELVES AT HOME AND FEEL QUITE COMFORTABLE
IV. FOR THE CORNELL GIRLS
V. THE COLDS OF SPACE
VI. INSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION
VII. A HIGH OLD TIME
VIII. THE NEUTRAL POINT
IX. A LITTLE OFF THE TRACK
X. THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON
XI. FACT AND FANCY
XII. A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE LUNAR MOUNTAINS
XIII. LUNAR LANDSCAPES
XIV. A NIGHT OF FIFTEEN DAYS
XV. GLIMPSES AT THE INVISIBLE
XVI. THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
XVII. TYCHO
XVIII. PUZZLING QUESTIONS
XIX. IN EVERY FIGHT, THE IMPOSSIBLE WINS
XX. OFF THE PACIFIC COAST
XXI. NEWS FOR MARSTON!
XXII. ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND
XXIII. THE CLUB MEN GO A FISHING
XXIV. FAREWELL TO THE BALTIMORE GUN CLUB
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
1. HIS FIRST CARE WAS TO TURN ON THE GAS
2. DIANA AND SATELLITE
3. HE HELPED ARDAN TO LIFT BARBICAN
4. MORE HUNGRY THAN EITHER
5. THEY DRANK TO THE SPEEDY UNION OF THE EARTH AND HER SATELLITE
6. DON'T I THOUGH? MY HEAD IS SPLITTING WITH IT!
7. POOR SATELLITE WAS DROPPED OUT
8. THE BODY OF THE DOG THROWN OUT YESTERDAY
9. A DEMONIACAL HULLABALOO
10. THE OXYGEN! HE CRIED
11. A GROUP _a la Jardin Mabille_
12. AN IMMENSE BATTLE-FIELD PILED WITH BLEACHING BONES
13. NEVERTHELESS THE SOLUTION ESCAPED HIM
14. IT'S COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE A WHITE BEAR
15. THEY COULD UTTER NO WORD, THEY COULD BREATHE NO PRAYER
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