"First, I must warn you,
before beginning this work,
not to be surprised to hear
me calling barbarians by
Grecian names."
—PLATO
Critias
ATLANTIDA
Pierre Benoit
Translated by Mary C. Tongue and Mary Ross
ACE BOOKS, INC. 1120 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10036
To André Suarès
[I. A SOUTHERN ASSIGNMENT]
[II. CAPTAIN DE SAINT-AVIT]
[III. THE MORHANGE-SAINT-AVIT MISSION]
[IV. TOWARDS LATITUDE 25]
[V. THE INSCRIPTION]
[VI. THE DISASTER OF THE LETTUCE]
[VII. THE COUNTRY OF FEAR]
[VIII. AWAKENING AT AHAGGAR]
[IX. ATLANTIS]
[X. THE RED MARBLE HALL]
[XI. ANTINEA]
[XII. MORHANGE DISAPPEARS]
[XIII. THE HETMAN OF JITOMIR'S STORY]
[XIV. HOURS OF WAITING]
[XV. THE LAMENT OF TANIT-ZERGA]
[XVI. THE SILVER HAMMER]
[XVII. THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS]
[XVIII. THE FIRE-FLIES]
[XIX. THE TANEZRUFT]
[XX. THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE]
HASSI-INIFEL, NOVEMBER 8, 1903.
If the following pages are ever to see the light of day it will be because they have been stolen from me. The delay that I exact before they shall be disclosed assures me of that. [[1]]