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TO General Sir George Wentworth Higginson, K. C. B. Gyldernscroft, Marlow, England

THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED, IN TOKEN OF KINDRED AND OF OLD FAMILY FRIENDSHIPS, CORDIALLY PRESERVED INTO THE PRESENT GENERATION

THESE LEGENDS UNITE THE TWO SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AND FORM A PART OF THE COMMON HERITAGE OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING RACE

CONTENTS

PREFACE

I — THE STORY OF ATLANTIS

II — TALIESSIN OF THE RADIANT BROW

III — THE SWAN-CHILDREN OF LIR

IV — USHEEN IN THE ISLAND OF YOUTH

V — BRAN THE BLESSED

VI — THE CASTLE OF THE ACTIVE DOOR

VII — MERLIN THE ENCHANTER

VIII — SIR LANCELOT OF THE LAKE

IX — THE HALF-MAN

X — KING ARTHUR AT AVALON

XI — MAELDUIN'S VOYAGE

XII — THE VOYAGE OF ST. BRANDAN

XIII — KIRWAN'S SEARCH FOR HY-BRASAIL

XIV — THE ISLE OF SATAN'S HAND

XV — ANTILLIA, THE ISLAND OF THE SEVEN CITIES

XVI — HARALD THE VIKING

XVII — THE SEARCH FOR NORUMBEGA

XVIII — THE GUARDIANS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE

XIX — THE ISLAND OF DEMONS

XX — BIMINI AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

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PREFACE