Doctor Ox

For the opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach, see Le docteur Ox.

Doctor Ox

Author	Jules Verne
Original title	Le Docteur Ox
Illustrator	Lorenz Froelich, Théophile Schuler, Émile-Antoine Bayard, Adrien Marie, Barbant, and Edmond Yon
Language	French
Series	Voyages Extraordinaires
Genre	Short stories
Publisher	Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date	1874
Publication place	France
Media type	Print

Doctor Ox (French: Le Docteur Ox) is a collection of short stories by Jules Verne, first published in 1874 by Pierre-Jules Hetzel.

It consists of four varied works by Verne:

• "Une fantaisie du Docteur Ox" ("Dr. Ox's Experiment," 1872), illustrated by Lorenz Froelich
• "Maître Zacharius" ("Master Zacharius," 1854), illustrated by Théophile Schuler
• "Un drame dans les airs" ("A Drama in the Air," 1851), illustrated by Émile-Antoine Bayard
• "Un hivernage dans les glaces" ("A Winter Amid the Ice," 1855), illustrated by Adrien Marie and Barbant

The collection also includes a preface by Pierre-Jules Hetzel and a story, "Quarantième ascension au mont Blanc" ("Fortieth Ascent of Mont Blanc"), written by Verne's brother Paul and illustrated by Edmond Yon.[1][2]

References

1. Dehs, Volker; Jean-Michel Margot; Zvi Har’El. "The Complete Jules Verne Bibliography: II. Short Stories". Jules Verne Collection. Zvi Har’El. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
2. Paul, René. "The Illustrated Jules Verne: The Original Illustrations of the Voyages Extraordinaires". Jules Verne Collection. Zvi Har’El. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

External links

• Le Docteur Ox at Project Gutenberg
• A Winter Amid the Ice at Project Gutenberg (translation by George Makepeace Towle)