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(Narrative by Wilfrid Poynders, Esq.) chap. I. We Start on a very Long Voyage 25 II. Personal Reminiscences—Why we Decided on the Voyage 35 III. We Approach the Moon—a Magnificent Spectacle 44 IV. Close to the Moon—I give some Information about it 52 V. We View the Lunar Scenery in the Northern Hemisphere 63 VI. The Scenery of the Moon's Southern Hemisphere 78 VII. We Resume our Voyage—The Sun and the Sky as Seen from Space 92 VIII. John Insists on Going Back Again—a Strange, but Amusing Incident Occurs 101 IX. A Narrow Escape from Destruction—I give some Particulars about Mars and Martian Discovery 113 X. The Discovery of Lines upon Mars—The Great Martian Controversy 128 XI. The Great Martian Controversy (continued) 139 XII. We are Mysteriously Prevented from Approaching Mars 155 XIII. We Arrive on Mars and Meet with a Startling Surprise 162 XIV. I Make a most Amazing Discovery 166 XV. What is in a Name!—The Story of Merna 169 XVI. We Learn Something about the Powers of the Martians 184 XVII. We Visit the Canals and Discover their Secret—Martian Views of Life and Death 194 XVIII. We Attend a Martian Banquet 207 XIX. The Chief of the Martian Council Discusses the Social Conditions of our World and Mars 212 XX. The Secret of the "Carets"—The Sun as Seen from Mars 224 XXI. Our First View of the Earth from Mars—A Martian Courtship 236 XXII. Celestial Phenomena Seen from Mars—M'Allister Receives a Practical Lesson in Gravitation 242 XXIII. I Have a Serious Talk with John 253 XXIV. The Martian Seasons 256 XXV. Many Things Seen upon Mars—I Receive some News