FIFTEEN
HUNDRED
MILES
AN HOUR
Edited by
CHARLES DIXON.
Illustrated by Captain ARTHUR LAYARD, late R.E.
LONDON
BLISS, SANDS AND FOSTER
CRAVEN STREET, STRAND, W.C.
1895
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
WE PREPARE FOR OUR JOURNEY
CHAPTER II.
WE LEAVE EARTH IN THE "SIRIUS"
CHAPTER III.
OUR VOYAGE BEYOND THE CLOUDS
CHAPTER IV.
AWFUL MOMENTS
CHAPTER V.
THE GLORIES OF THE HEAVENS
CHAPTER VI.
WE NEAR MARS
CHAPTER VII.
OUR ARRIVAL AND SAFE DESCENT
CHAPTER VIII.
A STRANGE WORLD
CHAPTER IX.
THE MORROW—AND WHAT CAME OF IT
CHAPTER X.
CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER XI.
LOVE AND JEALOUSY
CHAPTER XII.
CONDEMNED TO DIE
CHAPTER XIII.
THE CRAG REMAGALOTH
CHAPTER XIV.
ACROSS THE DESERT CHADOS
CHAPTER XV.
RIVALS MEET AGAIN
CHAPTER XVI.
VOLINÈ
CHAPTER XVII.
AT THE TEMPLE ON THE HILL VEROSI
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE FIGHT FOR VOLINÈ
CHAPTER XIX.
WEDDED
CHAPTER XX.
THE LAST WORDS FROM YONDER
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"OUR VOYAGE BEGINS AT LAST" Frontispiece
"ALONE IN SPACE"
"ITS HUGE SCALY CARCASE"
"VOLINÈ"
"... THE 'SIRIUS' ... BOLDLY OUTLINED AGAINST THE SKY"...