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 Thousand Leagues under the Sea" the ideas and subjects of his remarkable works, which have been translated into many languages, and have found readers in two worlds.

Verne passes half of his existence on board the "St. Michael;" dividing the remainder of his time between Amiens, where his family resides, and Paris, where he attends the sessions of the Geographical Society, of which he is the most honoured member, and where he collects, in its museums and library, the numerous materials necessary to the scientific perfection of his works.

Verne receives letters, in which his correspondents give him their impressions and ideas, and sometimes foolish observations, from all parts of the world. Those who have read "Around the World in Eighty Days" recall, no doubt, that Phileas Fogg, its hero, undertook his journey after reading an article in the Daily Telegraph at the Reform Club. The other day Verne received a letter from a member of that famous club, in which he said, somewhat bluntly, that the political tone of the Daily Telegraph excluded that sheet from the Reform.

"It is as if you should say that M. de Belcastel subscribed for the République Française!" added this pert correspondent.