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  CONTENTS

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  LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS xvii

  NOTES ON THE MAPS AND CHARTS xix

  THE SUN, MOON, AND PLANETS xxiii

  (_Narrative by Wilfrid Poynders, Esq._)

  CHAP. I. WE START ON A VERY LONG VOYAGE 25

  II. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES--WHY WE DECIDED ON THE VOYAGE 35

  III. WE APPROACH THE MOON--A MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE 44

  IV. CLOSE TO THE MOON--I GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT 52

  V. WE VIEW THE LUNAR SCENERY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE 63

  VI. THE SCENERY OF THE MOON'S SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 78

  VII. WE RESUME OUR VOYAGE--THE SUN AND THE SKY AS SEEN FROM SPACE 92

  VIII. JOHN INSISTS ON GOING BACK AGAIN--A STRANGE, BUT AMUSING INCIDENT OCCURS 101

  IX. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION--I GIVE SOME PARTICULARS ABOUT MARS AND MARTIAN DISCOVERY 113

  X. THE DISCOVERY OF LINES UPON MARS--THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY 128

  XI. THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY (_continued_) 139

  XII. WE ARE MYSTERIOUSLY PREVENTED FROM APPROACHING MARS 155

  XIII. WE ARRIVE ON MARS AND MEET WITH A STARTLING SURPRISE 162

  XIV. I MAKE A MOST AMAZING DISCOVERY 166

  XV. WHAT IS IN A NAME!--THE STORY OF MERNA 169

  XVI. WE LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWERS OF THE MARTIANS 184

  XVII. WE VISIT THE CANALS AND DISCOVER THEIR SECRET--MARTIAN VIEWS OF LIFE AND DEATH 194

  XVIII. WE ATTEND A MARTIAN BANQUET 207

  XIX. THE CHIEF OF THE MARTIAN COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR WORLD AND MARS 212

  XX. THE SECRET OF THE "CARETS"--THE SUN AS SEEN FROM MARS 224

  XXI. OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE EARTH FROM MARS--A MARTIAN COURTSHIP 236

  XXII. CELESTIAL PHENOMENA SEEN FROM MARS--M'ALLISTER RECEIVES A PRACTICAL LESSON IN GRAVITATION 242

  XXIII. I HAVE A SERIOUS TALK WITH JOHN 253

  XXIV. THE MARTIAN SEASONS 256

  XXV. MANY THINGS SEEN UPON MARS--I RECEIVE SOME NEWS 264

  XXVI. WE WITNESS SOME WONDERFUL AERIAL EVOLUTIONS AND LISTEN TO MARVELLOUS MUSIC 282

  XXVII. A FAREWELL BANQUET AND A PAINFUL PARTING 293

  XXVIII. LAST WORDS TO MY READERS 298

  (_Addendum by John Yiewsley Claxton_)

  XXIX. WHAT HAPPENED UPON OUR RETURN HOME--RESULTS OF THE MOST RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF MARS--PROFESSOR LOWELL'S IMPORTANT DISCOVERY 302