Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

{{Tr|Louis Mercier}} and modified and slightly corrected. This translation begins: "The year 1866 was marked by a series of strange events revolving around a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon that is doubtless still vivid in the mind of the public. particularly in the coastal communities-but even in the inland areas, peculiar but insistent rumors had spread, stirring up fear and apprehension."