Mount Vesuvius--Origin of Name--Former Condition--Eruption of A.D. 79--Death of Pliny--Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum--Appearance of the Mountain before and after Eruption--Formation of Monte Nuovo--Eruption of Boiling Water--Coloured Vapours--Cascade of Lava--Discovery of Remains of Herculaneum and Pompeii--The Buildings of Pompeii--Street of Tombs--Skeletons--Sundry Shops--Ascents of Vesuvius--Crater--Temple of Serapis CHAPTER IV. Mount Etna--Its Appearance and Height--Ancient Eruptions--Pindar's Allusion--Virgil's Description--Subordinate Cones and Craters--Caverns--Val de Bove--Formation of Monti Rossi--Eruption of 1852--Whirlwinds--Lava Torrents--Cascades of Lava--Description of Crater--Empedocles--Enceladus--Craters of 1865--Cyclopean Isles--Homer's Legend--Volcanic Origin--Other Basaltic Groups CHAPTER V. Lipari Islands--Stromboli--Origin of Name--Position of Crater--Description of Crater--New Volcanic Island named Julia--Phenomena preceding its Elevation--Description of Island and Crater--Its Disappearance--Rise of Islands at Santorin CHAPTER VI. Peak of Teneriffe--Its Crater--Eruption of Chahorra--Palma--Great Caldera--Lancerote--Great Eruption--Sudden Death--Fuego, Cape de Verde Islands--Cotopaxi--Its Appearance--Great Eruptive Force--Tunguragua--Great Eruption of Mud and Water--Fish thrown out--Quito--Its Overthrow--Pichinca--Humboldt's Ascent--Narrow Escape--Antisana--Sangay--Rancagua--Chillan--Masaya CHAPTER VII. Jorullo--Great Monument--Jorullo's Estate--Interruption to his Quiet--His Estate Swells--Swallows Two Rivers--Throws up Ovens--Becomes a Burning Mountain--Popocatepetl--Spanish Ascents--Orizaba --Muller's Ascent--Morne Garou--Pelée--La Soufriere CHAPTER VIII. Hawaii, Sandwich Islands--Crater of Kilauea--Its awful Aspect--Fiery Lake and Islands--Jets of Lava--Depth of Crater and Surface of Lake--Bank of Sulphur--Curious Rainbow--Mouna Kaah and Mouna Loa --Eruption of the Latter in 1840--Recent Eruption--Great Jet and Torrent of Lava--Burning of the Forests--Great Whirlwinds--Underground Explosions--Other Volcanoes in the Pacific CHAPTER IX. Atolls, or Coral Islands--Their strange Appearance--Their Connexion with Volcanoes--Their Mode of Formation--Antarctic Volcanoes--Diatomaceous Deposits CHAPTER X. Volcanoes of Java--Papandayang--Mountain Ingulfed--Great Destruction of Life and Property--Galoen gong--Destructive Eruption--Mount Merapia--Great Eruption, with Hurricane--Another, very destructive---Mud Volcano--Crater of Tankuban Prahu--Island of Sumbáwa--Volcano of Tomboro--Terrific Eruption--Timor--A Volcano quenches itself--Cleaving of Mount Machian--Sangir--Destructive Eruption--Bourbon CHAPTER XI. Mud and Air Volcanoes--Luss--Macaluba--Taman--Korabetoff New Island in the Sea of Azof--Jokmali--Fires of Baku--Mud Volcano in Flank of Etna--Air Volcanoes of Turbaco, Cartagena, and Galera Zamba CHAPTER XII. New Zealand--Boiling Fountains and Lakes CHAPTER XIII.