A CALIFORNIAN MYSTERY
JULES VERNE
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH THE READER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY OF BUYING AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
CHAPTER II. HOW WILLIAM W. KOLDERUP, OF SAN FRANCISCO, WAS AT
CHAPTER III. THE CONVERSATION OF PHINA HOLLANEY AND GODFREY MORGAN, WITH A PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT.
CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH T. ARTELETT, OTHERWISE TARTLET, IS DULY INTRODUCED TO THE READER.
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THEY PREPARE TO GO, AND AT THE END OF WHICH THEY GO FOR GOOD.
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH THE READER MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A NEW PERSONAGE.
CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT WILLIAM W. KOLDERUP WAS PROBABLY RIGHT IN INSURING HIS SHIP.
CHAPTER VIII. WHICH LEADS GODFREY TO BITTER REFLECTIONS ON THE MANIA FOR TRAVELLING.
CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT CRUSOES DO NOT HAVE EVERYTHING AS THEY WISH.
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH GODFREY DOES WHAT ANY OTHER SHIPWRECKED MAN WOULD HAVE DONE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH THE QUESTION OF LODGING IS SOLVED AS WELL AS IT COULD BE.
CHAPTER XII. WHICH ENDS WITH A THUNDER-BOLT.
CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH GODFREY AGAIN SEES A SLIGHT SMOKE OVER ANOTHER PART OF THE ISLAND.
CHAPTER XIV. WHEREIN GODFREY FINDS SOME WRECKAGE, TO WHICH HE AND HIS COMPANION GIVE A HEARTY WELCOME.
CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH THERE HAPPENS WHAT HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE
CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH SOMETHING HAPPENS WHICH CANNOT FAIL TO SURPRISE THE READER.
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH PROFESSOR TARTLET'S GUN REALLY DOES MARVELS.
CHAPTER XVIII. WHICH TREATS OF THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF A SIMPLE NATIVE OF THE PACIFIC.
CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH THE SITUATION ALREADY GRAVELY COMPROMISED BECOMES MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.
CHAPTER XX. IN WHICH TARTLET REITERATES IN EVERY KEY THAT HE WOULD RATHER BE OFF.
CHAPTER XXI. WHICH ENDS WITH QUITE A SURPRISING REFLECTION BY THE NEGRO CAREFINOTU.
CHAPTER XXII. WHICH CONCLUDES BY EXPLAINING WHAT UP TO NOW HAD APPEARED INEXPLICABLE.
