Works of Jules Verne

By Horne, Charles F.

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Excerpt: JULES VERNE. He was the prophet, the foreseer and foreteller of our great mechanical age. He belongs to-day not to France, but to the world. Widely as his works have been read in his own country, their popularity has been yet wider in America and England. Much as he has been honored at home, even higher glory has been accorded him, we are told, in far Japan. His books have been translated not only into all the usual languages, but into Hebrew, Japanese, Polish and even Arabic. Verne was a universal teacher, both of youth and' age. From him the whole world garnered knowledge without effort; for all listened with pleasure while he spun his tales. He was a supreme master of imagination,...

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Table of Contents: JUIES VERNE, in -- INTRODUCTION, 1 -- A DRAMA IN THE AIR, 3 -- THE WATCH'S Soui, 21 -- A WINTER IN THE ICE, v, 53 -- THE PEARI, OF LIMA , 107 -- THE MUTINEERS, 159 -- FIVE WEEKS IN A BAUXX>N, 17

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Title:

Works of Jules Verne

Author:

Horne, Charles F.

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Language:

English

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Fiction, Children's literature, Children's fiction

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Children's Literature Collection

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Historic
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World Public Library Association

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