Around the World in Eighty Days.
By Jules Verne. Illustrated.
One of the famous modern books. The author is both learned and imaginative, and he brings the researches of the scientist in aid of the story-teller with a skill attained by no other modern writer.
The Wreck of the Chancellor, and Martin Paz.
Two stories in one volume. By Jules Verne.
The first is an account of the shipwreck of a vessel which sailed from Charleston, S.C., and was driven upon the west coast of Scotland. The second is a story of life among Spanish-Americans and Indians in Lima, South America. Both are masterly specimens of the author's style in fiction.
Winter in the Ice; Dr. Ox's Experiment; A Drama in the Air.
Three stories in one volume. By Jules Verne.
The first is a thrilling story of Arctic adventure. The second is a whimsical but most ingenious experiment with oxygen as a stimulant, upon the people of a whole city. It is a most subtle and effective story. The third is the experience of an aeronaut with a madman while making an ascent.
The tales in the foregoing three volumes were translated from the French by Hon. George M. Towle, author of "Heroes of History."
The Prairie Crusoe: Adventures in the Far West.
Translated from the French.
A Prussian officer after the battle of Jena found a child that had been abandoned, and, moved by pity, took charge of it. Years afterward, the child, having become a tall and brave youth, sailed for the New World, and having landed upon the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, went into the interior of the country. At that time the country was overrun by bisons, bears, and other wild animals, and by Indians, who lived by hunting and war. The youth had a plenty of thrilling experiences, both with brute and human foes. He came near death many times; but his courage, presence of mind, or good luck, or all together, saved him. Finally he returned to Germany, where his adventures were far more agreeable than among the Sioux.