Antediluvian world

------------------------------------------------------------------------ATLANTIS

THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD.

BY

IGNATIUS DONNELLY.

The world has made such comet-like advance Lately on science, we may almost hope, Before we die of sheer decay, to learn Something about our infancy; when lived That great, original, broad-eyed, sunken race, Whose knowledge, like the sea-sustaining rocks, Hath formed the base of this world’s fluctuous lore

FESTUS

. Frontpiece: The Profile of Atlantis

CONTENTS

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PART I.