20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

On-demand publishing tool Lulu (<A HREF="http://www.lulu.com" alt="on demand publishing for books and e-books">www.lulu.com</a>) and the Gutenberg Project (<A HREF="http://www.promo.net/pg/">www.promo.net/pg/</A>) present a new edition of Jules Verne's classic adventure <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>.<br><br><i>"The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. . .<br><br>For some time past vessels had been met by 'an enormous thing,' a long object, spindle-shaped, occationally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale."