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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.


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CONTENTS
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AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION 1

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I.

WESTWARD HO! — A WONDERFUL ISLAND — TRACES OF HERCULES AND DIONYSUS — MARVELLOUS VINES. 9

CHAPTER II.

A PRODIGIOUS WHIRLWIND — A VISIT TO THE MOON — ARRESTED BY HORSE-GRIFFINS — ENDYMION — BATTLE BETWEEN THE SUN AND MOON. 17

CHAPTER III.

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

CHAPTER IV.

A VISIT TO LAMPOPOLIS — — THE STRANGE NATURE OF THE TOWN — A FLEETING VIEW OF CLOUD-CUCKOO-TOWN — DESCENT TO EARTH. 45

CHAPTER V.

A FEARSOME MONSTER — A MIGHTY GULP — THE STRANGE INTERIOR — OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE BELLY — THE OLD MAN’S MARVELLOUS STORY. 52

CHAPTER VI.

THE OLD MAN’S STORY CONTINUED —  STRANGE RACES. 63

BOOK II.

CHAPTER I.

THE ESCAPE — FURTHER ADVENTURES — THE FROZEN SEA — THE ISLE OF CHEESE —
THE CORK-FOOTED FOLK.
79

CHAPTER II.

THE ISLAND OF THE BLEST — ITS WONDERFUL JOYS — HEROES AND FAMOUS MEN — THE THIRD
ABDUCTION OF HELEN.
92

CHAPTER III.

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

CHAPTER IV.

OTHER STRANGE MONSTERS — A WONDERFUL BIRD’S NEST — AN OCEAN FOREST — COMBAT WITH THE OX-HEAD ISLANDERS — ADVENTURES AMONG THE DONKEY-LEGGED WOMEN. 136


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NOTES 157

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ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THE VINE-WOMEN 13

SAILING ON THE TREE-TOPS 16

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

CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND 49

THE SHIP SWALLOWED BY THE WHALE 55

THE MEN ON SAILING ISLANDS 71

THE ISLAND OF CHEESE 83

THE CORK-FOOTED MEN 87

THE ELYSIAN FIELDS 99

ENTRANCE TO THE ISLE OF TORMENT 121

THE ISLAND OF DREAMS 125

SOME DREAMS 129

LUCIAN GIVES CALYPSO THE LETTER FROM ULYSSES 133

THE HALCYON’S EGG 139

LUCIAN AND THE DONKEY-LEGGED WOMAN 149

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