20 THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by JULES VERNE. Sunday, October 7, 2007. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by JULES VERNE I. TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by JULES VERNE. The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious. And puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population. And excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents,. Captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America,.

Saturday, October 13, 2007. For the long nights you lay awake. For your most comfortable hand. For all you pitied, all you bore,. My second Mother, my first Wife,. The angel of my infant life-. May hear it in as kind a voice.

Sunday, October 7, 2007. CHAPTER I - ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS. IF you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand. Upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the. Sea They are England and Scotland, and Ireland. Upon the Map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Friday, October 12, 2007. A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book,. To raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my. Readers out of humour with themselves, with each other,. With the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses. Pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant,. Chose to put his hand to.

Saturday, November 10, 2007. The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are. Historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them. It is not pretended that these laws and. Customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only. I mean, until the author of this book encountered th.