CLARK Barat

THE
COASTS OF ILLUSION
A Study of Travel Tales

FIRESTONE

BY,

With Drawings by
RUTH HAMBIDGE

Seiffen
4.77.28
170 71

CONTENTS

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MARCO TALKS WITH HIS NEIGHBORS

PREFACE

CHAPTER

I THE WORLD THAT WAS

II THE EARTH ITSELF .

III INANIMATE NATURE .

IV THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

V THE FABULOUS BEASTS

VI FABLE UPON WINGS

VII THE DRAGON

VIII DENIZENS OF THE DEEP

IX THE PEOPLES OF PRODIGY

X THE SATYRS.

XI THE PYGMIES

XII THE AMAZONS OF LEGEND

XIII THE AMAZONS OF HISTORY

XIV THE FOLK OF TRADITION

XV THE HORIZON LANDS

XVI LANDS OF LEGEND

XVII ISLANDS OF ENCHANTMENT

XVIII THE TERRIBLE OCEAN

XIX THE SARGASSO SEA

XX ATLANTIS

XXI THE GILDED MAN

XXII THE DREAM QUESTS OF SPAIN

XXIII THE FABRIC OF ILLUSION

XXIV THE TRAVEL TALES OF MANKIND

XXV THE GAINS OF FABLE

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