文档介绍：A Journey to the Interior of the Earth By Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associ- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Jules Verne , the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series , Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis Copyright ? 2001 The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Jules Verne A Journey to the Interior of the Earth By Jules Verne Originally published by Ward, Lock, &Co., Ltd., London, in 1877. While the translation is fairly literal, and Malleson (a cler- gyman) has taken pains with the scientific portions of the work and added the chapter headings, he has made some emendations concerning Biblical references of his own, listed below: III. “ Pertubata seu inordinata ,” as Euclid has it. XXX. cry, “Thalatta! thalatta!” the sea! the sea! The deeply indented shore was lined with a breadth of fine shining sand, softly XXXII. hippopotamus. {as if the creator, pressed for time in the first hours of the world, had assembled several animals into one.} The colossal mastodon XXXII. I return to the scriptural periods or ages of the world, conventionally called ‘days,