Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic

By Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

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Title:	Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic
Author:	Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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Preface: Hawthorne in his Wonder Book has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep. Although they are a part of the mythical period of American history, these hazy legends were altogether disdained by the earlier historians; indeed, George Bancroft made it a matter of actual pride that the beginning of the American annals was bare and literal. But in truth no national history has been less prosaic as to its earlier traditions, because every visitor had to cross the sea to reach it, and the sea has always been, by the mystery of its horizon, the fury of its storms, and the variableness of the atmosphere above it, the foreordained land of romance.

Table of Contents
Contents I. The Story of Atlantis II. Taliessin of the Radiant Brow III. The Swan-Children of Lir IV. Usheen in the Island of Youth V. Bran the Blessed VI. The Castle of the Active Door VII. Merlin the Enchanter 5 VIII. Sir Lancelot of the Lake IX. The Half-Man X. King Arthur at Avalon XI. Maelduin's Voyage XII. The Voyage of St. Brandan XIII. Kirwan's Search for Hy-Brasail XIV. The Isle of Satan's Hand XV. Antillia, the Island of the Seven Cities XVI. Harald the Viking XVII. The Search for Norumbega XVIII. The Guardians of the St. Lawrence XIX. The Island of Demons XX. Bimini and the Fountain of Youth