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Dr. Ox's Experiment and Other Stories

Jules Verne

First published 1874
Publisher Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages xi+332

{{Tr|George M. Towle}} and modified. This translation begins: "The city of Geneva lies at the west end of the lake of the same name. The Rhone, which passes through the town at the outlet of the lake, divides it into two sections, and is itself divided in the centre of the city by an island placed in mid-stream."

The full text and images of this edition are available at Google Books. Dr. Ox's Experiment is the Towle translation and begins: "If you try to find, on any map of Flanders, ancient or modern, the small town of Quiquendone, probably you will not succeed. Is Quiquendone, then, one of those towns which have disappeared? No." Master Zacharius is a variant Towle translation and begins: "The city of Geneva lies at the west end of the lake of the same name. The Rhone, which passes through the town at the outlet of the lake, divides it into two sections, and is itself divided in the centre of the city by an island placed in mid-stream." A Drama in the Air is the Towle translation and begins: "In the month of September, 185—, I arrived at Frankfort-on-the-Maine. My passage through the principal German cities had been brilliantly marked by balloon ascents; but as yet no German had accompanied me in my car, and the fine experiments made at Paris by MM. Green, Eugene Godard, and Poitevin had not tempted the grave Teutons to essay aerial voyages." A Winter Amid the Ice is the Towle translation and begins: "The curé of the ancient church of Dunkirk rose at five o'clock on the 12th of May, 18—, to perform, according to his custom, low mass for the benefit of a few pious sinners." The Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc translation begins: "I arrived at Chamonix on the 18th of August, 1871, fully decided to make the ascent of Mont Blanc, cost what it might."

Page Title Author(s) Type
103|2.1 Master Zacharius Jules Verne Novelette
161|3.1 A Drama in the Air Jules Verne Short Story
193|4.1 A Winter Amid the Ice Jules Verne Novelette
1|1.1 Doctor Ox's Experiment Jules Verne Novella
295|5.1 The Fortieth French Ascent of Mont Blanc Paul Verne Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Dr. Ox's Experiment and Other Stories 1875 James R. Osgood and Co. Hardcover Collection xi+332