Originally published in French in 1866, this work, designed for a popular readership, appeared in English translation in 1868. Frédéric Zurcher (1816â€"90) and Elie Margollé (1816â€"84) describe volcanoes around the world, from Hecla to Erebus, including eyewitness accounts of eruptions, references to contemporary scholarship, and with many attractive wood-cuts.