ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



The Lion falls in love with A'isso . 



The Griffin 



How the Unicorn ivas Trapped 



Finding a Mermaid ..... 



Victor carried up the Chasm by the Dragon . 



Queen Waltheow and Beowulf 



GrendeVs Mother drags Beoiculf to the bottom of 



the Lake ....... 



The Death of Beowulf ..... 



The Lion falls in love with A'issa . 



Aissa's Father finds her Axt 



The Lion appears at the top of the Ravine . 



Maldonada guarded by the Puma 



The Jaguar besieged by Peccaries 



Joseph's Breakfast ...... 



St. Jerome draws out the Thorn 



Tom frightens the Little Girl 



Just in time to save Tom .... 



Securing a Mammoth ..... 



Megatheria ........ 



Tlie Vampire Bat ...... 



How the Namaquas hunt the Rhinoceros 

 Orang-Outangs eating Oysters on the Sea-short 

 The Orang determines to throw the rival Monkey 



overboard ....... 



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