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