There I saw the complete works of Humboldt, the complete Arago, as well as works by Foucault, Henri Sainte-Claire Deville, Chasles, Milne-Edwards, Quatrefages, John Tyndall, Faraday, Berthelot, Father Secchi, Petermann, Commander Maury, Louis Agassiz, etc., plus the transactions of France's Academy of Sciences, bulletins from the various geographical societies, etc., and in a prime location, those two volumes on the great ocean depths that had perhaps earned me this comparatively charitable welcome from Captain Nemo.
Je vis là tout le Humboldt, tout l'Arago, les travaux de Foucault, d'Henry Sainte-Claire Deville, de Chasles, de Milne-Edwards, de Quatrefages, de Tyndall, de Faraday, de Berthelot, de l'abbé Secchi, de Petermann, du commandant Maury, d'Agassis etc. Les mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, les bulletins des diverses sociétés de géographie, etc., et, en bon rang, les deux volumes qui m'avaient peut-être valu cet accueil relativement charitable du capitaine Nemo.