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Jules Verne 



TRIBULATIONS OF A CHINAMAN. A rich young Chinaman, 

 finding the future does not attract him, writes an order to his friend to 

 kill him, choosing his own time and method. He then changes his mind 

 and wants to live, but friend and paper have both disappeared, and a 

 wild goose chase with endless set-backs follow. 



TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. The 



masterpiece of all submarines was the one imagined by Jules Verne and 

 constructed by Captain Nemo, the most mysterious sailor that ever sailed 

 the sea. The voyages of this book and the astounding adventures of its 

 crew make it one of the most fascinating stones ever published. 



DICK SANDS. When a catastrophe deprives a sailing ship of its cap- 

 tain and nearly all the crew, the responsibility of bringing the ship safely 

 to the end of its voyage devolves upon Dick Sands, a boy of fifteen. He 

 does his best, but treachery results in landing them in Africa instead of 

 the haven they desired, and many adventures befall him and his partyg 



THE END OF NANA SAHIB. A story of the time a few years 

 after the Indian Mutiny. A party of men travel many miles in a wonderful 

 moving house, drawn by a marvellous steam elephant. Their many 

 adventures and the doings of Nana Sahib, the fiend of the Mutiny, and 

 his final overthrow are very exciting. 



THE FLIGHT TO FRANCE. An interesting story of a party of 

 charming French people who are forced to flee from Germany when war 

 is declared between the two countries. They pass through many vicissi- 

 tudes on the journey. One of their number comes within an ace of being 

 " shot at dawn." 



HECTOR SERVADAC. A most astonishing story of the collision 

 between a comet and the earth, full of adventure and excitement, and 

 incidentally, full of information concerning certain heavenly bodies. 



THE VANISHED DIAMOND. A fine story of the South African 

 diamond fields and the adventures of a young engineer who attempted 

 the dangerous experiment of trying to make a diamond. There was a 

 diamond and it vanished ; but how ? Read the story. 



THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND. This is a story of mystery, an 

 unseen man who guards the castaways and provides for them. Their 

 attempts to discover the secret are in vain, but at last the Unknown 

 reveals himself as Captain Nemo, the hero of " Twenty Thousand Leagues 

 Under the Sea." 



WINTER AMID THE ICE. An ice-bound ship, two deadly enemies 

 aboard, shortness of food, fights with men and polar bears, dangers of 

 every kind possible in the Arctic Circle make an exciting and interesting 

 book for boys and others. 



THEIR ISLAND HOME. Jules Verne had such an admiration for 

 the famous book, " The Swiss Family Robinson," that he himself wrote 

 a sequel, and carries the history of the Zermatts considerably further. 

 The book is at least as interesting as the one that inspired it. 



THE CASTAWAYS OF THE FLAG. The final adventures of 

 " The Swiss Family Robinson." Here some of the family having visited 

 Europe are on their way back to their island home when they are ship- 

 wrecked. After many privations and adventures they get a very pleasant 

 surprise. 



