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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| [CHAPTER I.] | IN WHICH THE NORTH POLAR PRACTICAL ASSOCIATION RUSHES A DOCUMENT ACROSS TWO WORLDS |
| [CHAPTER II.] | IN WHICH THE DELEGATES FROM ENGLAND, HOLLAND, SWEDEN, DENMARK AND RUSSIA ARE PRESENTED TO THE READER |
| [CHAPTER III.] | IN WHICH THE ARCTIC REGIONS ARE SOLD AT AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | IN WHICH OLD ACQUAINTANCES APPEAR TO OUR NEW READERS, AND IN WHICH A WONDERFUL MAN IS DESCRIBED |
| [CHAPTER V.] | IN WHICH THE POSSIBILITY THAT COAL MINES SURROUND THE NORTH POLE IS CONSIDERED |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | IN WHICH A TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MRS SCORBITT AND J. T. MASTON IS INTERRUPTED |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | IN WHICH PRESIDENT BARBICANE SAYS NO MORE THAN SUITS HIS PURPOSE |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] | YES, JUST LIKE JUPITER |
| [CHAPTER IX.] | IN WHICH APPEARS THE FRENCH GENTLEMAN TO WHOM WE REFERRED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS TRUTHFUL STORY |
| [CHAPTER X.] | IN WHICH A LITTLE UNEASINESS BEGINS TO SHOW ITSELF |
| [CHAPTER XI.] | WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE NOTEBOOK OF J. T. MASTON AND WHAT IT NO LONGER CONTAINED |
| [CHAPTER XII.] | IN WHICH J. T. MASTON HEROICALLY CONTINUES TO BE SILENT |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] | AT THE CLOSE OF WHICH JT MASTON UTTERS AN EPIGRAM |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] | VERY SHORT, BUT IN WHICH "X" TAKES A GEOGRAPHICAL VALUE |
| [CHAPTER XV.] | WHICH CONTAINS A FEW INTERESTING DETAILS FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTHLY SPHERE |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] | IN WHICH A CROWD OF DISSATISFIED PEOPLE BREAK INTO THE CELL OF J. T. MASTON |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] | WHAT HAD BEEN DONE AT KILIMANJARO DURING EIGHT MONTH OF THIS MEMORABLE YEAR |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] | IN WHICH THE POPULATION OF WAMASAI ASSEMBLE TO HEAR PRESIDENT BARBICANE SAY "FIRE" TO CAPT NICHOLL |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] | IN WHICH J. T. MASTON REGRETS THAT THE CROWD DID NOT LYNCH HIM WHEN HE WAS IN PRISON |
| [CHAPTER XX.] | IN WHICH THIS STORY, AS TRUTHFUL AS IT IS IMPROBABLE, IS FINISHED |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] | VERY SHORT, SINCE ENOUGH HAS BEEN SAID TO MAKE THE WORLD'S POPULATION FEEL PERFECTLY SURE AGAIN |
TOPSY TURVY
CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH THE NORTH POLAR PRACTICAL ASSOCIATION RUSHES A DOCUMENT ACROSS TWO WORLDS
"Then Mr Maston, you pretend that a woman has never been able to make mathematical or experimental-science progress?"
"To my extreme regret, I am obliged to, Mrs. Scorbitt," answered J.T. Maston.