LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[She handed her father a pipe]
[The worthy Madame Brigitte Van Tricasse had now her second husband]
[“I have just come from Dr. Ox’s”]
[“It is in the interests of science”]
[“The workmen, whom we have had to choose in Quiquendone, are not very expeditious”]
[The young girl took the line]
[“Good-bye, Frantz,” said Suzel]
[Fiovaranti had been achieving a brilliant success in “Les Huguenots”]
[They hustle each other to get out]
[It was no longer a waltz]
[It required two persons to eat a strawberry]
[“To Virgamen! to Virgamen!”]
[“A burgomaster’s place is in the front rank”]
[The two friends, arm in arm]
[The whole army of Quiquendone fell to the earth]
[He would raise the trap-door constructed in the floor of his workshop]
[The young girl prayed]
[“Thou wilt see that I have discovered the secrets of existence”.]
[“Father, what is the matter?”]
[Then he resumed, in an ironical tone]
[From morning till night discontented purchasers besieged the house]
[This proud old man remained motionless]
[“It is there—there!”]
[“See this man,—he is Time”]
[He was dead]
[“Monsieur, I salute you”]
[“Monsieur!” cried I, in a rage]
[“He continued his observations for seven or eight hours with General Morlot”]
[“The balloon became less and less inflated”]
[“Zambecarri fell, and was killed!”]
[The madman disappeared in space]
[“Monsieur the curè,” said he, “stop a moment, if you please”]
[André Vasling, the mate, apprised Jean Cornbutte of the dreadful event]
[A soft voice said in his ear, “Have good courage, uncle”]
[André Vasling showed himself more attentive than ever]
[On the 12th September the sea consisted of one solid plain]
[They found themselves in a most perilous position, for an icequake had occurred]
[Map in hand, he clearly explained their situation]
[The caravan set out]
[“Thirty-two degrees below zero!”]
[Despair and determination were struggling in his rough features for the mastery]
[It was Louis Cornbutte]
[Penellan advanced towards the Norwegians]
[Marie begged Vasling on her knees to produce the lemons, but he did not reply]
[Marie rose with cries of despair, and hurried to the bed of old Jean Cornbutte]
[The bear, having descended from the mast, had fallen on the two men]
[The old curè received Louis Cornbutte and Marie]
[View of Mont Blanc from the Brevent]
[View of Bossons glacier, near the Grands-Mulets]
[Passage of the Bossons Glacier]
[Crevasse and bridge]
[View of the “Seracs”]
[View of “Seracs”]
[Passage of the “Junction”]
[Hut at the Grands-Mulets]
[View of Mont Blanc from Grands-Mulets]
[Crossing the plateau]
[Summit of Mont Blanc]
[Grands-Mulets:—Party descending from the hut]