Every tale in this book bears reference to some actual legend,followed more or less closely, and the authorities for each will be foundcarefully given in the appendix for such readers as may care to follow thesubject farther. It must be remembered that some of these imaginaryislands actually remained on the charts of the British admiralty untilwithin a century. If even the exact science of geographers retained themthus long, surely romance should embalm them forever.CAMBRIDGE, MASS.ContentsI. The Story of AtlantisII. Taliessin of the Radiant BrowIII. The Swan-Children of LirIV. Usheen in the Island of YouthV. Bran the BlessedVI. The Castle of the Active DoorVII. Merlin the EnchanterVIII. Sir Lancelot of the LakeIX. The Half-ManX. King Arthur at AvalonXI. Maelduin's VoyageXII. The Voyage of St. BrandanXIII. Kirwan's Search for Hy-BrasailXIV. The Isle of Satan's HandXV. Antillia, the Island of the Seven CitiesXVI. Harald the VikingXVII. The Search for NorumbegaXVIII. The Guardians of the St. LawrenceXIX. The Island of DemonsXX. Bimini and the Fountain of Youth_Notes_ITHE STORY OF ATLANTISThe Greek sage Socrates, when he was but a boy minding his father'sgoats, used to lie on the grass under the myrtle trees; and, while thegoats grazed around him, he loved to read over and over the story whichSolon, the law-giver and poet, wrote down for the great-grandfather ofSocrates, and which Solon had always meant to make into a poem, though hedied without doing it.
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