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The Mysterious Island: Wrecked in the Air

Jules Verne

First published 1875
Publisher Scribner, Armstrong
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 110

{{Tr|an unknown hand}} This translation and abridgement begins: ""Are we going up again?" "No! On the contrary—" "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, Monsieur Cyrus; we are falling." "For God's sake, throw some ballast overboard!" " This translation was first published in Scribner's Monthly Magazine under the title The Mysterious Island. Scribner put out a full set (trilogy) later in the year that was translated by W. H. G. Kingston. This edition was not.

Part 1 of the Scribner, Armstrong edition.