{{Tr|Ellen E. Frewer}} in 1877, first published as Hector Servadac and as 1878.
Part II, Chapter III is entirely omitted ("Comets, Old and New"). Beside typographic and spelling changes, the text omits occasional words (see below, "view full Note").
This translation begins:
(Book I, Chapter I, A Challenge)
""Nothing, sir, can induce me to surrender my claim."
"I am sorry, count, but in such a matter your views cannot modify mine.""
(Book II, Chapter I, The Astronomer)
"By the return of the expedition, conveying its contribution from Formentera, the known population of Gallia was raised to a total of thirty-six."
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The opening dialogue and first line of narrative is transcribed here from Hector Servadac (Armstrong, Scribner; as 1878). Underscore marks those words omitted from the 1911 text.
: Part I. Chapter I. A Challenge.
: "Nothing, sir, can induce me to surrender my claim."
: "I am sorry for it, count, but in such a matter your views cannot modify mine."
: "But allow me to point out that my seniority unquestionably gives me a prior right."
: "Mere seniority, I assert, in an affair of this kind, cannot possibly entitle you to any prior claim whatever."
: "Then, captain, no alternative is left but for me to compel you to yield at the sword's point."
: "That's as you please, count; but neither sword nor pistol can ever force me to forego my pretensions. Here is my card."
: "And mine."
: This rapid altercation was thus brought to an end by the formal interchange of the names of the disputants.
Data from publisher website
As of 2020-02-24, the file header (viewed in HTML format) no longer shows year 1998. The first five fields (quote):
Title: Off on a Comet
Author: Jules Verne
Editor: Charles F. Horne
Release Date: August 15, 2008 [EBook #1353]
Last Updated: October 13, 2016
The ebook (viewed in HTML format) opens with a title screen --that is, everything above a first horizontal line-- that comprises a title page transcript from vol. 9 in the F. Tyler Daniels ed. of Works of Jules Verne (see at ISFDB) augmented by three components:
: "Off on a Comet or Hector Servadac" (two lines at top)
: "By Jules Verne" (one line inserted)
: "Copyright, 1911 By Vincent Parke And Company" (one line at bottom)
Evidently this text is a transcript of that from the F. Tyler Daniels omnibus (Works vol 9), but limited to the Introduction and the first of two novels, Off on a Comet or Hector Servadac.
Gutenberg #1355 (see) evidently contains a transcript of the second novel, The Underground City or the Black Indies.