*** start of the project gutenberg ebook 1353 *** off on a comet or hector servadac works of jules verne edited by charles f. horne, ph.d. professor of english, college of the city of new york; author of the technique of the novel, etc. [colophon omitted] f. tyler daniels company, inc. new york :::: london copyright, 1911 by vincent parke and company introduction to volume nine _among so many effective and artistic tales, it is difficult to give a preference to one over all the res...