“Our heroes sailed away in an aerostat and met with many unique adventures ... it might really all have happened.”—_Publisher and Bookseller._ ———————————————————————— _Companion book to “Through the Sun in an Airship.”_ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— CHARLES GRIFFIN & Co., Ltd., Exeter Street, Strand, LONDON. Transcriber’s Notes: • Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). • Text enclosed by pluses is in small caps (+small caps+). • Text enclosed by equals is in Antiqua (=Antiqua=). • Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. • Errata on page 314 have been applied. • In chapter 13, there is a reference to “the devastating eruption and earthquake of 2316 +a.d.+”, which is obviously incorrect. But the transcriber could not find a candidate for the actual date, so it is left as-is.