OFF ON A COMET
or HECTOR SERVADAC

WORKS of JULES VERNE

By Jules Verne

Edited By Charles F. Horne, Ph.D.

Professor of English, College of the City of New York; Author of “The Technique of the Novel,” etc.

F. Tyler Daniels Company, Inc.
New York :::: London
Copyright, 1911 By Vincent Parke And Company


CONTENTS


[ INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME NINE ]


[ OFF ON A COMET OR HECTOR SERVADAC ]


[ BOOK I. ]

[ CHAPTER I. A CHALLENGE ]

[ CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN SERVADAC AND HIS ORDERLY ]

[ CHAPTER III. INTERRUPTED EFFUSIONS ]

[ CHAPTER IV. A CONVULSION OF NATURE ]

[ CHAPTER V. A MYSTERIOUS SEA ]

[ CHAPTER VI. THE CAPTAIN MAKES AN EXPLORATION ]

[ CHAPTER VII. BEN ZOOF WATCHES IN VAIN ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. VENUS IN PERILOUS PROXIMITY ]

[ CHAPTER IX. INQUIRIES UNSATISFIED ]

[ CHAPTER X. A SEARCH FOR ALGERIA ]

[ CHAPTER XI. AN ISLAND TOMB ]

[ CHAPTER XII. AT THE MERCY OF THE WINDS ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. A ROYAL SALUTE ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. SENSITIVE NATIONALITY ]

[ CHAPTER XV. AN ENIGMA FROM THE SEA ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. THE RESIDUUM OF A CONTINENT ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. A SECOND ENIGMA ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. AN UNEXPECTED POPULATION ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. GALLIA’S GOVERNOR GENERAL ]

[ CHAPTER XX. A LIGHT ON THE HORIZON ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. WINTER QUARTERS ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. A FROZEN OCEAN ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII. A CARRIER-PIGEON ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. A SLEDGE-RIDE ]


[ BOOK II. ]

[ CHAPTER I. THE ASTRONOMER ]

[ CHAPTER II. A REVELATION ]

[ CHAPTER III. THE PROFESSOR’S EXPERIENCES ]

[ CHAPTER IV. A REVISED CALENDAR ]

[ CHAPTER V. WANTED: A STEELYARD ]

[ CHAPTER VI. MONEY AT A PREMIUM ]

[ CHAPTER VII. GALLIA WEIGHED ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. JUPITER SOMEWHAT CLOSE ]

[ CHAPTER IX MARKET PRICES IN GALLIA ]

[ CHAPTER X. FAR INTO SPACE ]

[ CHAPTER XI. A FETE DAY ]

[ CHAPTER XII. THE BOWELS OF THE COMET ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. DREARY MONTHS ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. THE PROFESSOR PERPLEXED ]

[ CHAPTER XV. A JOURNEY AND A DISAPPOINTMENT ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. A BOLD PROPOSITION ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. THE VENTURE MADE ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. SUSPENSE ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. BACK AGAIN ]