[Redactor’s Note: A Special Correspondent (Number V040 in the T&M numerical listing of Verne’s works) is a translation of Claudius Bombarnac (1892) which first appeared in Boy’s Own Magazine (1893-4) and then later published in the US by U.S. Book Company (1894) and in an illustrated edition by Lovell, Coryell, and Company (1894); and in England by Sampson and Low (1894). This anonymous translation was later republished by the Mac Lellan Co in Akron, Ohio sometime after 1905 (The foreword mentions Verne’s death). However the plates from which the book was published may date from an earlier time since they are in a different font from the foreword. The edition may be identified by the word “SAMARKLAND” appearing at the start of Chapter XII and the number of pages (162). The book contains almost 500 place names, some of which are spelled differently in different parts of the book. Where a suspicious spelling occurs more than once it has been retained, otherwise it is assumed to be a misprint and changed to agree with other spellings of the same word in the book. Unbalanced or unnecessary quotation marks have also been removed. Errors may be reported to nwolcott2@post.harvard.edu —NMW ]
THE ADVENTURES
OF A SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT
AMONG THE VARIOUS RACES AND
COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL ASIA
BEING THE EXPLOITS AND EXPERIENCES OF
CLAUDIUS BOMBARNAC OF “THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY” BY
JULES VERNE
AUTHOR OF TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA,
TOUR OF THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, ETC.
AKRON, OHIO
MAC LELLAN -N-Y- COMPANY
PUBLISHERS