MYTHS AND DREAMS

BY
EDWARD CLODD
AUTHOR OF
‘THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD,’ ‘THE STORY OF CREATION,’ ETC.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED

London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1891

TO
RICHARD A. PROCTOR, B.A.,
AUTHOR OF ‘THE SUN,’ ‘OTHER WORLDS,’ ETC.,
EDITOR OF ‘KNOWLEDGE.’

My dear Proctor—The best gifts of life are its friendships, and to you, with whom friendship has ripened into fellowship, and under whose editorial wing some of the chapters of this book had temporary shelter, I inscribe them in their enlarged and independent form.

Yours sincerely,
EDWARD CLODD.