Early science fiction story about submarines.

"This Reader's Digest edition contains the complete text of Jules Verne's Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, first published in France as Vingt mille lieuse sous les mers in 1870"--Title page verso. Previously published: New York : Dodd, Mead, 1952. (Great illustrated classics).

Part I -- A shifting reef -- Two sides of an argument -- I make my decision -- Ned Land -- The great adventure -- Full steam ahead -- An unknown species of whale -- Our new quarters -- Ned Land attacks -- The man of the seas -- The Nautilus -- The soul of the Nautilus -- Captain Nemo explains -- The black river -- A note of invitation -- On the bottom of the sea -- A submarine forest -- Four thousand leagues under the pacific -- The island of Vanikoro -- Torres Straits -- Arcadian days on land -- Captain Nemo's thunderbolt -- Confinement -- The realm of coral -- Part II -- The Indian ocean -- The island of Ceylon -- A pearl of great price -- The Red Sea -- Under the Isthmus -- The Grecian archipelago -- The Mediterranean inforty-eight hours -- Vigo Bay -- The lost continent -- Submarine coal mines -- The Sargasso Sea -- Cachalots and whales -- The great ice barrier -- The South Pole -- An overturned mountain -- A living tomb -- From Cape Horn to the Amazon -- The Poulps -- The gulf stream -- We visit a tomb -- Human sacrifice -- Captain Nemo's last words -- Conclusion -- Afterword.