The Mysterious Island
Few can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast, in the middle of the equinox of that year.
Read MoreFew can possibly have forgotten the terrible storm from the northeast, in the middle of the equinox of that year.
Read MoreH2 heading The engineer’s curiosity was excited to the highest pitch. It never occurred to him to doubt whether this letter might not be a hoax. For many years he had known Simon Ford, one of the former foremen of the Aberfoyle mines, of which he, James Starr, had for twenty years, been the manager,…
Read MoreIt contained about a hundred of these lines, with the letters at even distances, and undivided into words.
Read MoreThe End of a much-applauded Speech. The Presentation of Dr. Samuel Ferguson. Excelsior. Full-length Portrait of the Doctor. A Fatalist convinced. A Dinner at the Travellers’ Club. Several Toasts for the Occasion.
Read MoreIn the remarkable passages of the recital, it is important that you should believe my word. For some of the facts I can bring no other testimony than my own.
Read MoreWho were these two gentlemen? We do not know, although this would be an excellent opportunity to hand down.
Read MoreMere tradesmen jumped their counters to become extempore captains, colonels, and generals without having passed the Military School at West Point; they soon rivalled their colleagues of the old continent, and, like them, gained victories by dint of lavishing bullets, millions, and men. But where Americans singularly surpassed Europeans was in the science of ballistics,…
Read MoreMr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished…
Read MoreThe year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of…
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