The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne [Redactor’s Note: _The Mysterious Island_ (Number V013 in the T&M numerical listing of Verne’s works) is a translation of _L’Île mystérieuse_ first published in England by Sampson and Low and in the United States by Scribner and Henry L. Shepard using the same translation of W. H. G. Kingston. English translators often altered their translations to suit current political views of Church and Empire. In the Kingston translation the chapters near the end of the book where Captain Nemo makes his appearance are altered beyond all recognition and all mention of Captain Nemo’s previous life as a “freedom fighter” for Indian independence is removed, in addition to other deletions. The present translation is by the American Stephen W. White. It first appeared in the _Evening Telegraph_ of Philadelphia, PA and was later published as an Evening Telegraph Reprint Book (1876). The present version is prepared from a xerox copy of that book kindly provided by Mr. Sidney Kravitz of Dover, NJ. According to Taves and Michaluk “Although more faithful than any other translation, this one has never been reprinted”. And so after a lapse of 127 years this translation of _The Mysterious Island_ is now again available to the public. Since the text was hand set for a newspaper there are many printer’s errors (including upside-down characters). Where obvious these have been corrected, although an attempt has been made to retain the original spelling of words in use at that period. Where there is a doubt, words have been altered so that the spelling is consistent. In other cases, like “trajopan” where the inconsistency is traced to Verne’s original, the spelling is left unaltered. A table of contents based on the chapter headings has been added which also indicates the points at which the french version was divided into three parts. An updated translation by Sidney Kravitz is now available from Wesleyan University Press (2001). JULES VERNE’S LAST STORY THE THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND ISLAND WITH A MAP OF THE ISLAND AND A FULL GLOSSARY By JULES VERNE AUTHOR OF “THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS,” “A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH,” “TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA,” ETC.,ETC. _TRANSLATED EXPRESSLY FOR_ “T H E E V E N I N G T E L E G R A P H,” _AND REPRINTED FROM THE COLUMNS OF THAT JOURNAL._ PHILADELPHIA: OFFICE OF THE EVENING TELEGAPH, 108 SOUTH THIRD ST. 1876 PRICE, 25 CENTS THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND CONTENTS PART I SHIPWRECKED IN THE AIR I The Hurricane of 1865—Cries in the Air—A Balloon Caught By a Waterspout—Only the Sea in Sight—Five Passengers—What Took Place in the Basket—Land Ahead!—The End. II An Episode of the Rebellion—The Engineer Cyrus Smith—Gideon Spilett—The Negro Neb—The Sailor Pencroft—The Youth, Herbert—An Unexpected Proposal—Rendezvous at 10 O’clock P.M.—Departure in the Storm.