FRANCIS LYNDE

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1923

Copyright, 1923, by

CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS


Printed in the United States of America


Published September, 1923

TO MY GOOD FRIEND AND MINERALOGICAL MENTOR, CLARENCE M. CLARK, WITHOUT WHOSE KINDLY HELP, AND THE FREE USE OF HIS LIBRARY, SPECIMEN CABINETS AND LABORATORY, THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN SPIDER MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED