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CONTENTS

I

   

THE PROFESSOR AND HIS FAMILY

II

   

A MYSTERY TO BE SOLVED AT ANY PRICE

III

   

THE RUNIC WRITING EXERCISES THE PROFESSOR

IV

   

THE ENEMY TO BE STARVED INTO SUBMISSION

V

   

FAMINE, THEN VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY DISMAY

VI

   

EXCITING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AN UNPARALLELED EXERCISE

VII

   

A WOMAN'S COURAGE

VIII

   

SERIOUS PREPARATIONS FOR VERTICAL DESCENT

IX

   

ICELAND, BUT WHAT NEXT?

X

   

INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS

XI

   

A GUIDE FOUND TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

XII

   

A BARREN LAND

XIII

   

HOSPITALITY UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE

XIV

   

BUT ARCTICS CAN BE INHOSPITABLE, TOO

XV

   

SNÆFFEL AT LAST

XVI

   

BOLDLY DOWN THE CRATER

XVII

   

VERTICAL DESCENT

XVIII

   

THE WONDERS OF TERRESTIAL DEPTHS

XIX

   

GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SITU

XX

   

THE FIRST SIGNS OF DISTRESS

XXI

   

COMPASSION FUSES THE PROFESSOR'S HEART

XXII

   

TOTAL FAILURE OF WATER

XXIII

   

WATER DISCOVERED

XXIV

   

WELL SAID, OLD MOLE! CANST THOU WORK IN THE GROUND SO FAST?

XXV

   

DE PROFUNDIS

XXVI

   

THE WORST PERIL OF ALL

XXVII

   

LOST IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH

XXVIII

   

THE RESCUE IN THE WHISPERING GALLERY

XXIX

   

THALATTA! THALATTA!

XXX

   

A NEW MARE INTERNUM

XXXI

   

PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

XXXII

   

WONDERS OF THE DEEP

XXXIII

   

A BATTLE OF MONSTERS

XXXIV

   

THE GREAT GEYSER

XXXV

   

AN ELECTRIC STORM

XXXVI

   

CALM PHILOSOPHIC DISCUSSIONS

XXXVII

   

THE LIEDENBROCK MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY

XXXVIII

   

THE PROFESSOR IN HIS CHAIR AGAIN

XXXIX

   

FOREST SCENERY ILLUMINATED BY ELECTRICITY

XL

   

PREPARATIONS FOR BLASTING A PASSAGE  TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

XLI

   

THE GREAT EXPLOSION AND THE RUSH DOWN BELOW

XLII

   

HEADLONG SPEED UPWARD THROUGH THE HORRORS OF DARKNESS

XLIII

   

SHOT OUT OF A VOLCANO AT LAST!

XLIV

   

SUNNY LANDS IN THE BLUE MEDITERRANEAN

XLV

   

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL


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