W.H.G. Kingston & Jules Verne 
The Secret of the Island (Illustrated) 

This book is a sequel to ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea’. Aparty of British adventurers, who had been ballooning, but whose triphad ended by being cast away on a Pacific island, have various setbacksdue to both pirates and convicts who had escaped from jails in mainland Australasia. They realise that at times there appears to be some kindof entity that is looking after them.This entity proves to be none other than Captain Nemo whom the reader isexpected to have met before with his submarine ‘Nautilus’ in ’20, 000Leagues’. Captain Nemo has been living in a huge cave inside the veryvolcanic island, where he is surrounded with immense wealth. But he isnearing the end of his life. We are present at his end. But whathappens after that is of great interest.