Excerpt: ...is, spruce beer. Toward the close of summer the poultry yard received a fine pair of bustards belonging to the species "houbara," remarkable for a sort of short cloak of feathers and a membranous pouch extending on either side of the upper mandible; also some fine cocks, with black skin, comb, and wattles, like those of Mozambique, which strutted about the lake shore. Thus the zeal of these intelligent and brave men made every thing prosper. Providence, doubtless, assisted them; but, faithful to the precept, they first helped themselves, and Heaven helped them accordingly. In the evenings, during this warm summer weather, after the day's work was ended, and when the sea breeze was springing up, the colonists loved to gather together on the edge of Prospect Plateau in an arbor of Neb's building, covered with climbing plants. There they conversed and instructed each other, and planned for the future; or the rough wit of the sailor amused this little world, in which the most perfect harmony had never ceased to reign. They talked, too, of their country, dear and grand America. In what condition was the Rebellion? It certainly could not have continued. Richmond had, doubtless, soon fallen into General Grant's hands. The capture of the Confederate capital was necessarily the last act in that unhappy struggle. By this time the North must have triumphed. How a newspaper would have been welcomed by the colonists of Lincoln Island! It was eleven months since all communication between them and the rest of the world had been interrupted, and pretty soon, the 24th of March, the anniversary of the day when the balloon had thrown them on this unknown coast, would have arrived. Then they were castaways, struggling with the elements for life. Now thanks to the knowledge of their leader, thanks to their own intelligence, they were true colonists, furnished with arms, tools, instruments, who had turned to their use the animals, vegetables and minerals of the...

The Mysterious Island

Literature & Fiction

Verne, Jules Gabriël

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The Adventures Of Captain Hatteras

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The Survivors Of The 'Chancellor'

Volume 47 of 54 of Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages", first printed in 1900. Jules Verne had a special interest in men and women in situations of survival. This tale explores this theme on a deserted island in his take on the events following “The Swiss Family Robinson.” A number of people are marooned on such an island as the conflict shifts from survival from nature to survival from the wicked men who put them there in the first place. This particular edition is reproduced from English-edition public works, and is presented simply with an emphasis on straightforward presentation, attractiveness and continuity of appearance, with each title in the "Extraordinary Voyages" sporting a journal-style brown cover accompanied by a cover illustration and quote from the text on the back cover.

The Castaways of the Flag

Este volumen incluye la vuelta al mundo en ochenta días de julio verne en una colección anotada y revisada

Antología Julio Verne: La vuelta al mundo en 80 días (con notas): Jules Verne, La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días (Spanish Edition)

The Mysterious Island (Forgotten Books)

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<p>The intrepid Professor Liedenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist--together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans--discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibility of human understanding and the psychology of the questor.</p>

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Facing the Flag (Annotated)

Verne. Jules

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