New-York tribune., 1873-06-20
BOSTON.
LITERARY NOTES.

[FRoN REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE li''no'
BosToN, June 1G.-You often hear IL salu Vi
volume that having once taken 1t up, IL Is
TO lay II aside til It Ia finished 1t is my secte'
however that book which can thus hold one IN thr
is not 20 be found every day IN the year. Il III s
do not encounter such treasure trove so oeh aS 'o"
wish and am proportonaely grateful TO Inc man "no
has iust given me this unexpected pleasure 80
Verne s his name. and his new book Is "Ihe Tour
World In Eighty Days" ]. Il. Osgood To- pupnS"N'
a few months since, Twenty Thousand Leagues U"uo'
the Sea-" by the same author-also MOST -
narrative 1t was illustrated by e1traoruhai'
pictures and was full OF the most wonderful
and 1t has already become 30 popular that II mas ooo
,aten ont f the hands Of the regular trade and is no"
under the management OF Geo. NJ. Smith w. 'uo
scrpton book publishers, and TO be had only py sun
scrine for IT, The unsopmsticated mind OF one VINO
not a publisher humbly wonders why the Inoinen.
everybody begins TO want to read cettaih poOA' -
should be removed from the counters OF tDe poOAo'
and made more difficult OF TOT way 'hA
are dark the publishing business Ia pecuhar' NJ "nS
rate Osgood g. Co. about to issue TINS nc" pooA'
from the same pen, and whoever wants TO make 'uos
ycrne's ac0naintance can do so very pleasantly Wy
coing round the world with him. Adrien Marx gives
hin, letter of Introduction TO the rea6er, with whieh
the book is prefaced. -
Jules Verne Is the owner OF n little "decKed phrA
called the Saint Michael" in which he passes hali MS
existence for the rest nc divides his time Det"een
Amiens where his family resides and Paris Where ne
attends the sessions OF the Geographical Society OF
which he is the most honorod member. Everywhere ne
leads the laborious regular and sober life OF student
wherever he may be, he works from In the morning
til in the afternoon; passes the rest OF the day Wis
ing shops and factories where he carefully stues the
machinery and goes 70 bed at o'clock Then eh'ehueu
on his bed no devours all the scientific publications u
midnight and when they fail him looks over DOCKS OF
travel He himself has Travelled much, ana S qnl'e Ia
miIiar with Scotland ireland, Denmark, Norway, and
Sweden. He once 10 America, on the Great baSr
ern. and went to see Niagara Falls He studied law
once upon time, and was entered as barrster. He
became intimate with Dumas, pere and Dumas nus ana
wrote some pieces in connection with them ne makes
verses with extreme ease. He was broker I'D nrui
in which he still has pecuniary interest when the sue
cess of Five Weeks IN Balloon" induced him 10 turn
his whole attention scientific romance He Is says
his biographer, Breton, Catholic, and sailor
.The Tour Of the World Eighty Days" Is the story
OF a very remarkable wager. Phileas Fogg, the hero
was an Englishman who lived in 1872, at No sayille
row. BuHn gton Gardens the house in which Sheridan
died In 1914 He rich man, or hablts NJ once
singular and methodical He lived alone, with single
servant taking his meals at the Reform Club. He re-
ouired in those who served him almost superhuman
regularity The very 2d Of October on which the story
opens he had dismissed James Forster, because that
uckless youth had brought him shavinSwaer at si
degrees Fahrenheit instead Of Sc and had taken as ms
successor one Jean Passepartod Frenchman' who
had lived life Of adventure, having been an itueran
singer q circus-rider gymnast and sergeant IRE
man at Paris At last he had left France, and taken
service as a valet in England, desiring qmeter life
Now, being out OF a place, he had come well recon-
mended to Mr. Fogg lie had heard of this geutlemans
extreme regularity of habit and rcioced in the pros
pect Of repose and Of sysem after bis restless and
irregular life.
On this ID day OF October Phileas Fogg having shut
the door OF his house half past eleven and having put
his right foot before his left five hundred and seventy
five times and his left foot before his right five hundred
and seventysix times, reached the Reform Club, where
he breakfasted usual lie from table at forty
seven minutes past noon aud went to the large hall,
where he read The Times till quarter before four, and
then read The Standard till dinner time. Dinner over.
he reappeared the rcadngroOm and sat down to The
Morning Chronicle AZ twenty minntof before ELK Ha
u came his usual partners AZ whist hYe sold
men, rich and regular like himself In the first place
there was q discussion about robbery. gentemanly-
lacking man had taken package Of bank notes, 10 the
value Of fy-ve thousand pounds, from the principal
cashiers table az the Bank Of England, and made of
with it, Discussion high "a 20 whether or not the
robber would be taken. One maintained that he would
escape because recent inventions had made rapid travel
so easy Others thought that fact would be against
hm-the facility Of rapid travelling had made the world
40 small: and the mans description had been tcle
rraphed everywhere. One could go round the earth in
three months "In eighty days" said Phleas Forg
quietly.
.That is true, gentlemen" added John sullivan
Only eighty days. now that the section between Rotha
aud Alahaba1. On the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
has been opened. Here lS the estimate mdle Dy me
WOraihg ChrOHtcte
From London to suez via Mont Cents and Brlndis BY
rail and steamboats,.
From suez 70 bombay. by 13
bombay to Calcutta, Oy
From Calcutta 10 Hong Kong, by steamer
From Hong Kong 90 Yokohama Japaul, 10y steamer.
From Yokohama 20 San Francisco. by steamer y
From san Francisco 10 New York. by rail- .--...-.....
From New York TO London, by steamer ana ral......
Yes' in eighty daysi EXCLAIMED stuart, Who in ms
excitement made false deal But that does M take
INTO account bad weather, contrary winds, shiuTreck
running off the track. and so on"
All Included" returned PAiloas Fogg, continuing to
p But suppose the Hindoos and Indians pull up the
rails" replied STUART suppose they stop the trains
plage the DaggI gccars. and scalp the Passengers"
"All included" calmly retorted Fogs; adding, as he
Stuart whose turn IL to deal, gathered them up
and went on You are night theoretically, Mr.. Fogg
"Practically, also, Mr.. Stuart"
"Pd like to see you do It III eighty days"
e. 10 depends On you. Let us start OIL together"
Heaven preserve me; But j would wager 1900
that such Journey, made under these conditions Is
@Qaie possible, on the contrary" returned Mr.. Fosg
"Mell. make IL, then !"
tue tour of the world IN eighty daysP
Yes"
~ should like nothing better"
"When r.
AT once. Only warn you that shall do it at your
expense"
dts absurd - cried Stuart who beginning to be
annoyed at the persistency 0f his friend "COme, let's
20 on with the game"
Deal over again, them" said Phileas FoGg. There's
a false deal"
Stuart took UP the pack with a feversh hand; then
suddenly put them down again.
"Well, Mr. FOgg," said he, IL shall be Will wager
the four thousand on H."
Calm yourself. my dear Stuart" said Faentin ats
nothing serious
Serious
4" All right" said Mr.. FOgg; md, turning 10 the
Others he continued ~ have deposit OF twenty
thousand ut Baring's, which will willingly risk upon
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