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OFF ON A COMET
or HECTOR SERVADAC WORKS of JULES VERNE
New York :::: London
Copyright, 1911 By Vincent Parke And Company
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME NINE
OFF ON A COMET OR HECTOR SERVADAC
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. A CHALLENGE
CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN SERVADAC AND HIS ORDERLY
CHAPTER III. INTERRUPTED EFFUSIONS
CHAPTER IV. A CONVULSION OF NATURE
CHAPTER V. A MYSTERIOUS SEA
CHAPTER VI. THE CAPTAIN MAKES AN EXPLORATION
CHAPTER VII. BEN ZOOF WATCHES IN VAIN
CHAPTER VIII. VENUS IN PERILOUS PROXIMITY
CHAPTER IX. INQUIRIES UNSATISFIED
CHAPTER X. A SEARCH FOR ALGERIA
CHAPTER XI. AN ISLAND TOMB
CHAPTER XII. AT THE MERCY OF THE WINDS
CHAPTER XIII. A ROYAL SALUTE
CHAPTER XIV. SENSITIVE NATIONALITY
CHAPTER XV. AN ENIGMA FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER XVI. THE RESIDUUM OF A CONTINENT
CHAPTER XVII. A SECOND ENIGMA
CHAPTER XVIII. AN UNEXPECTED POPULATION
CHAPTER XIX. GALLIA’S GOVERNOR GENERAL
CHAPTER XX. A LIGHT ON THE HORIZON
CHAPTER XXI. WINTER QUARTERS
CHAPTER XXII. A FROZEN OCEAN
CHAPTER XXIII. A CARRIER-PIGEON
CHAPTER XXIV. A SLEDGE-RIDE
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I. THE ASTRONOMER
CHAPTER II. A REVELATION
CHAPTER III. THE PROFESSOR’S EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER IV. A REVISED CALENDAR
CHAPTER V. WANTED: A STEELYARD
CHAPTER VI. MONEY AT A PREMIUM
CHAPTER VII. GALLIA WEIGHED
CHAPTER VIII. JUPITER SOMEWHAT CLOSE
CHAPTER IX MARKET PRICES IN GALLIA
CHAPTER X. FAR INTO SPACE
CHAPTER XI. A FETE DAY
CHAPTER XII. THE BOWELS OF THE COMET
CHAPTER XIII. DREARY MONTHS
CHAPTER XIV. THE PROFESSOR PERPLEXED
CHAPTER XV. A JOURNEY AND A DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XVI. A BOLD PROPOSITION
CHAPTER XVII. THE VENTURE MADE
CHAPTER XVIII. SUSPENSE
CHAPTER XIX. BACK AGAIN
Among so many effective and artistic tales, it is difficult to give a preference to one over all the rest. Yet, certainly, even amid Verne’s remarkable works, his “Off on a Comet” must be given high rank. Perhaps this story will be remembered when even “Round the World in Eighty Days” and “Michael Strogoff” have been obliterated by centuries of time. At least, of the many books since written upon the same theme as Verne’s, no one has yet succeeded in equaling or even approaching it.
In one way “Off on a Comet” shows a marked contrast to Verne’s earlier books. Not only does it invade a region more remote than even the “Trip to the Moon,” but the author here abandons his usual scrupulously scientific attitude. In order that
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