Note: Translated by an unknown hand This translation and abridgement begins: ""Are we going up again?" "No! On the contrary—" "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, Monsieur Cyrus; we are falling." "For God's sake, throw some ballast overboard!" " This translation was first published in Scribner's Monthly Magazine under the title The Mysterious Island. Scribner put out a full set (trilogy) later in the year that was translated by W. H. G. Kingston. This edition was not.