



Produced by Judy Boss





IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS

By Jules Verne


From The Works Of Jules Verne

Edited By Charles F. Horne, Ph.D.


VOLUME FOUR

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  IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS

       SOUTH AMERICA . . . . . .     3

       AUSTRALIA  . . . . . . .   165

       NEW ZEALAND. . . . . . .   305


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INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME FOUR

THE three books gathered under the title "In Search of the Castaways"
occupied much of Verne's attention during the three years following
1865. The characters used in these books were afterwards reintroduced
in "The Mysterious Island," which was in its turn a sequel to "Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." Thus this entire set of books form a
united series upon which Verne worked intermittently during ten years.

"In Search of the Castaways," which has also been published as "The
Children of Captain Grant" and as "A Voyage Around the World," is
perhaps most interesting in connection with the last of these titles. It
is our author's first distinctly geographical romance. By an ingenious
device he sets before the rescuers a search which compels their
circumnavigation of the globe around a certain parallel of the southern
hemisphere. Thus they cross in turn through South America, Australia and
New Zealand, besides visiting minor islands.

The three great regions form the sub-titles of the three books which
compose the story. In each region the rescuers meet with adventures
characteristic of the land. They encounter Indians in America;
bushrangers in Australia; and Maoris in New Zealand. The passage of
the searching party gives ground,--one is almost tempted to say,
excuse,--for a