The Green Ray' is in Jules Verne's best manner: it contains some of the impossibilites raisonnets which are at once his distinguishing characteristic and the secret of his world wide popularity. Most of the marvels or impossibilities in 'The Green Ray ' are to be found in the picture there presented to us of Scottish names, manners and costumes. It will hardly be denied that such a Scotch family name as 'Ursiclos,' and such clans as the clan 'McDouglas' and ' the clan 'Melville,' are sufficient