the kip brothers

      JULES VERNE

      Translated by STANFORD L. LUCE

      Edited by ARTHUR B. EVANS

      Introduction and notes by JEAN-MICHEL MARGOT

      WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut

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      The Wesleyan edition of The Kip Brothers © 2007

      by Wesleyan University Press

      Translation © 2007 by Stanford L. Luce

      Introduction and notes © 2007 by Jean-Michel Margot

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      Printed in the United States of America

      The illustrations in the novel appeared in the original

      French edition of Les Frères Kip; the ones that are unattributed in the captions are by George Roux.

      Verne, Julies, 1828–1905.

      [Frères Kip. English]

      The Kip brothers / by Jules Verne ;

      translated by Stanford L. Luce ;

      edited by Arthur B. Evans ;

      introduction and notes by Jean-Michel Margot.

      p. cm. — (The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 978-0-8195-6704-8 (cloth : alk. paper) —

      ISBN 978-0-8195-6838-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      I. Luce, Stanford, 1923– II. Evans, Arthur B. III. Margo, Jean-Michel. IV. Title.

      PQ2468.F74e5 2007

      843'.8—dc22

      2006046114

      CONTENTS

       Introduction, ix

      The Kip Brothers

      by Jules Verne

       PART I

       1. Tavern of the Three Magpies, 3

       2. The Brig James Cook, 18

       3. Vin Mod At Work, 28

       4. At Wellington, 45

       5. A Few Days At Sea, 62

       6. In Sight of Norfolk Island, 73

       7. The Two Brothers, 86

       8. The Coral Sea, 100

       9. Crossing the Louisiade, 114

       10. Heading North, 131

       11. Port Praslin, 144

       12. Three Weeks in the Archipelago, 159

       13. The Murder, 174

       14. Incidents, 185

       PART II

       1. Hobart Town, 203

       2. Future Projects, 214

       3. Last Maneuver, 226

       4. Before the Maritime Court, 238