IX. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION--I GIVE SOME PARTICULARS ABOUT MARS AND MARTIAN DISCOVERY 113 X. THE DISCOVERY OF LINES UPON MARS--THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY 128 XI. THE GREAT MARTIAN CONTROVERSY (_continued_) 139 XII. WE ARE MYSTERIOUSLY PREVENTED FROM APPROACHING MARS 155 XIII. WE ARRIVE ON MARS AND MEET WITH A STARTLING SURPRISE 162 XIV. I MAKE A MOST AMAZING DISCOVERY 166 XV. WHAT IS IN A NAME!--THE STORY OF MERNA 169 XVI. WE LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE POWERS OF THE MARTIANS 184 XVII. WE VISIT THE CANALS AND DISCOVER THEIR SECRET--MARTIAN VIEWS OF LIFE AND DEATH 194 XVIII. WE ATTEND A MARTIAN BANQUET 207 XIX. THE CHIEF OF THE MARTIAN COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR WORLD AND MARS 212 XX. THE SECRET OF THE "CARETS"--THE SUN AS SEEN FROM MARS 224 XXI. OUR FIRST VIEW OF THE EARTH FROM MARS--A MARTIAN COURTSHIP 236 XXII. CELESTIAL PHENOMENA SEEN FROM MARS--M'ALLISTER RECEIVES A PRACTICAL LESSON IN GRAVITATION 242 XXIII. I HAVE A SERIOUS TALK WITH JOHN 253 XXIV. THE MARTIAN SEASONS 256 XXV. MANY THINGS SEEN UPON MARS--I RECEIVE SOME NEWS 264 XXVI. WE WITNESS SOME WONDERFUL AERIAL EVOLUTIONS AND LISTEN TO MARVELLOUS MUSIC 282 XXVII. A FAREWELL BANQUET AND A PAINFUL PARTING 293 XXVIII. LAST WORDS TO MY READERS 298 (_Addendum by John Yiewsley Claxton_) XXIX. WHAT HAPPENED UPON OUR RETURN HOME--RESULTS OF THE MOST RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF MARS--PROFESSOR LOWELL'S IMPORTANT DISCOVERY 302 LIST OF PLATES AND MAPS PLATE PAGE I. "WHAT A SPLENDID VIEW WE THEN HAD!" _frontispiece_ II. IDEAL VIEW OF LUNAR SCENERY 54 III. CHART OF THE MOON, SHOWING THE PRINCIPAL } FORMATIONS SEEN ON ITS SURFACE } 80 } IV. INDEX MAP TO CHART OF THE MOON } V. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE _AREONAL_ 100 VI. DIAGRAM SHOWING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE EARTH AND MARS AT THE TIME OF VARIOUS OPPOSITIONS OF MARS 110