TALES OF THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC

By Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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 ]

[ NOTES ]

[ PREFACE ]