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A Voyage in a Balloon (1852)
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Title: A Voyage in a Balloon (1852)
Author: Jules Verne
Release Date: June 17, 2005 [eBook #16085]
Language: English
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A VOYAGE IN A BALLOON (1852)
by
Jules Verne
REDACTOR'S NOTE
From _Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art_ (Philadelphia: 1849-1852): May 1852: VOL. X. No. 5: p. 389-395.
John Sartain (1808-1897) was an English artist and engraver skilled in the art of mezzotint who emigrated to the United States; in 1848 he purchased a one-half interest in the "Union Magazine", a New York periodical, which he transferred to Philadelphia. The name was changed to "Sartain's Union Magazine", and during the four years of its existence the journal became widely known, publishing works of Poe and other literati. The article here is a translation of