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From Lucian’s Wonderland, being a Translation of the ‘Vera Historia,’ by St J. Basil Wynne Willson, M. A., illustrated by A. Payne Garnett; Edinburgh and London: Blackwood and Sons; 1899, pp. xvii-xxii.
CONTENTS
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WESTWARD HO! — A WONDERFUL ISLAND — TRACES OF HERCULES AND DIONYSUS — MARVELLOUS VINES. 9
A PRODIGIOUS WHIRLWIND — A VISIT TO THE MOON — ARRESTED BY HORSE-GRIFFINS — ENDYMION — BATTLE BETWEEN THE SUN AND MOON. 17
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS IN THE MOON — ROAST FROGS — LIQUID AIR — BALDNESS A BEAUTY — A MARVELLOUS EMUNCTION — INTERNAL ORGANISM — ROBES OF GLASS — REMOVABLE EYES — EARS — A MAGIC MIRROR — WE QUIT THE MOON. 37
A VISIT TO LAMPOPOLIS — — THE STRANGE NATURE OF THE TOWN — A FLEETING VIEW OF CLOUD-CUCKOO-TOWN — DESCENT TO EARTH. 45
A FEARSOME MONSTER — A MIGHTY GULP — THE STRANGE INTERIOR — OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE BELLY — THE OLD MAN’S MARVELLOUS STORY. 52
THE OLD MAN’S STORY CONTINUED — STRANGE RACES. 63
THE ESCAPE — FURTHER ADVENTURES — THE FROZEN SEA — THE ISLE OF CHEESE —
THE CORK-FOOTED FOLK.
79
THE ISLAND OF THE BLEST — ITS WONDERFUL JOYS — HEROES AND FAMOUS MEN — THE THIRD
ABDUCTION OF HELEN.
92
DEPARTURE FROM THE ISLAND OF THE BLEST — THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED — ITS HORRORS AND TORMENTS — THE ISLAND OF DREAMS — OGYGIA — ULYSSES’ LETTER TO CALYPSO. 118
OTHER STRANGE MONSTERS — A WONDERFUL BIRD’S NEST — AN OCEAN FOREST — COMBAT WITH THE OX-HEAD ISLANDERS — ADVENTURES AMONG THE DONKEY-LEGGED WOMEN. 136
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THE SHIP IS CAUGHT UP INTO THE SKIES 19
BATTLE IN THE AIR ON THE SPIDER-WEB PLAIN 27
A MEAL IN THE MOON (ROASTED FROGS) 39
THE SHIP SWALLOWED BY THE WHALE 55
ENTRANCE TO THE ISLE OF TORMENT 121
LUCIAN GIVES CALYPSO THE LETTER FROM ULYSSES 133
LUCIAN AND THE DONKEY-LEGGED WOMAN 149
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Next:
AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION.
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