CONTENTS 



The Phoenix ... ... 



Griffins and Unicorns ... 



About Ants, Amjjhisbcenas, and Basilisks . 



Dragons .....*•■•• 



The Story of Beowulf, Grendel, and GrendeVs Mother 

 The Story of Beowulf and the Fire Drake . 

 A Fox Tale ... . 



An Egyptian Snake Cha/rmer ... . 



An Adventure of Gerard, the Lion Hunter 

 Pumas and Jaguars in South America . 



Mathurin and Mathurine 



Joseph: Whose proper name was Josephine . 

 The Homes of the Yizcachas ... 

 Guanacos : Living and Dying ... . 



In the American Desert . ... 



The Story of Jacko II 



' Princess ' ........ 



The Lion and the Saint ....... 



The Further Adventures of ' Tom,' a Bear, in Paris 



Recollections of a Lion Tamer ... 



Sheep Farming on the Border ..... 



When the World was Young ... . . 



Bats and Vampires ....... 



The Ugliest Beast in the World . 



The Games of Orang-Outangs, and Kees the Baboon 



Greyhounds and their Master* . 



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