One odd detail: all these books were shelved indiscriminately without regard to the language in which they were written, and this jumble proved that the Nautilus's captain could read fluently whatever volumes he chanced to pick up.
Détail curieux, tous ces livres étaient indistinctement classés, en quelque langue qu'ils fussent écrits, et ce mélange prouvait que le capitaine du _Nautilus_ devait lire couramment les volumes que sa main prenait au hasard.