The Green Ray
by Jules Verne
Many of the wonders or impossibilities here can be found in the picture of the Scottish names, etiquette and costumes presented to us. It is unlikely to argue that a Scottish surname like Ursiklos and clans like the Macdouglas Clan and the Melville clan are quite impossible; and this can be considered nothing less than a miracle for the servant plain gentleman who waits for dinner and performs all his other duties dressed in the garbage dump of old Gaul! But these and countless errors of the same kind are perhaps due to a fixed idea of M. Verne that all Scots are highlanders. The story is the perfect setting for great descriptions of the Scottish landscapes, which is the book's best feature.
