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Title: Niels Klim's journey under the ground
being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the
subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible
animals and trees

Author: Baron Ludvig Holberg

Translator: John Gierlow

Release Date: January 25, 2009 [EBook #27884]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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NIELS KLIM'S NARRATIVE.

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NIELS KLIM'S

JOURNEY UNDER THE GROUND;

BEING A

NARRATIVE OF HIS WONDERFUL DESCENT TO THE SUBTERRANEAN
LANDS; TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
SENSIBLE ANIMALS AND TREES INHABITING THE

PLANET NAZAR AND THE FIRMAMENT.

BY LOUIS HOLBERG.

TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY

JOHN GIERLOW.

WITH A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE.

BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY SAXTON, PEIRCE & CO.

NEW YORK:
SAXTON & MILES.
1845.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, BY SAXTON,
PEIRCE AND CO. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the
District of Massachusetts.

BUTTS, PRINTER,
SCHOOL STREET.

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LIST OF PLATES.

NIELS KLIM'S DESCENT TO THE PLANET NAZAR, 1

A CRIMINAL LED BY THREE WATCHMEN, 23

PRESENTATION OF NIELS KLIM AT THE COURT OF POTU, 29

A CITIZEN OF POTU LED IN TRIUMPH, 41

THE JUDGMENT OF A KING'S C