io BOYS' SCHOOL AND ADVENTURE SERIES 2/6 net. 



Jules Verne 



DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS. Five men escaping by balloon 

 from an American city in war-time, are carried out to sea by a hurricane. 

 After the most acute perils they are cast upon a island far from land. 

 Here the heroes settle, and provide themselves with clothes, food, weapons 

 by a clever use of the natural products of their new home. 



FLOATING ISLAND. An artificial island, four and a half miles long 

 and three broad, is made by an American multi-millionaire. It contains 

 mansions, parks, public buildings, water supply, etc. Moved under its 

 own power, it travels to many parts of the world. The marvellous adven- 

 tures of its inhabitants make an exciting story. 



THE FUR COUNTRY. An exciting story of the wonderful land of 

 the Midnight Sun. It tells of the perils and excitement of trapping in 

 the Arctic Circle, and the hunting of wapiti and polar bears and silver 

 fox, etc., varied with adventures among icebergs and the great rivers and 

 lakes of the Fur Country. 



THE MASTER OF THE WORLD. " Robin the Conqueror " he 

 calls himself, because he considers that the wonderful flying machine 

 he has invented and constructed gives him complete control of the destinies 

 of all nations. But he comes up against John Stock and finds he is not 

 so powerful as he thought he was. 



FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON AND A TRIP ROUND 



IT. An American determined to pay a visit to the moon ; so he built 

 an enormous gun, and a house like a shell, and tried. The results of his 

 experiments are contained in this astonishing book. 



GODFREY MORGAN. Godfrey Morgan has everything a young man 

 can want, but he is weary of luxury and longs for adventure. His fond 

 uncle allows him to go off on a voyage with his tutor, a most egregious 

 fool. The ship sinks under them, and the two are thrown upon an island, 

 and have just as much adventure and hardship as they can put up with. 



EIGHT HUNDRED LEAGUES ON THE AMAZON. Not merely 

 a description of a journey down the most wonderful river in the world, 

 but the story of a brave gentleman wrongfully accused of a crime, and 

 the schemes of a rascally adventurer to blackmail him and his family. 



A FLOATING CITY & THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS. " The 



Blockade Runners " tells how a grave and handsome young skipper ran 

 a cargo to the American ports during the Civil War, and how he had 

 on board a winning little lady, so that he not only ran a cargo, but 

 brought away an imprisoned father condemned to death, and so won 

 himself a charming bride. 



THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE 

 RUSSIANS. Three Englishmen and three Russians go on a joint 

 scientific and exploring expedition to South Africa. They disagree and 

 separate ; natives attack them, and only after many perils do they re-unite 

 in safety. 



FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON. In a balloon, which had something 

 of the airship about it, the inventor, his faithful servant, and a friend, 

 cross Africa from East to West. Swamps, forests, deserts, savages, fierce 

 beasts, hunger and thirst all assail the intrepid voyagers in turn ; but 

 they win through by skill, pluck and endurance. 



