WORKS
of
JULES VERNE


EDITED BY

CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.

Professor of English, College of the City of New York;
Author of "The Technique of the Novel," etc.

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_INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME NINE

Among so many effective and artistic tales, it is difficult to give