By land and sky
Publisher: Isbister & Co. Ltd.
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Covent Garden, London, UK
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 290
Description: A very descriptive book on early ballooning written before the first heavier-than-air flight by a  pioneer balloonist.
Table of contents: title: Chapter I        My First Ascent; title: Chapter II       Ballooning in the Past; title: Chapter III      A Balloon Race; title: Chapter IV      I begin my experiments; title: Chapter V      Some acoustic mysteries; title: Chapter VI     A Lady aeronaut; title: Chapter VII    How are sounds carried?; title: Chapter VIII   A scientific ascent at the British Association; title: Chapter IX     A midnight experience in St. Paul's Cathedral; title: Chapter X      Notes by the Way; title: Chapter XI     The Upper Air; title: Chapter XII    A night on a Church Tower; title: Chapter XIII   A midnight ascent; title: Chapter XIV   "Marooned"; title: Chapter XV    A modern Robinson Crusoe; title: Chapter XVI   Fog Signals; title: Chapter XVI   Fog Signals; title: Chapter XVII  How I bombarded London; title: Chapter XVIII A narrow escape; title: Chapter XIX   Wireless Telegraphy in the Clouds; title: Chapter XX    In quest of the Leonids - A record voyage; title: Chapter XXI   How we escaped; title: Chapter XXII  Conclusion