Atlantis, the Antediluvian World

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.

Contents

Part I. The History of Atlantis

1. The Purpose of the Book
2. Plato's History of Atlantis
3. The Probabilities of Plato's Story
4. Was Such a Catastrophe Possible?
5. The Testimony of the Sea
6. The Testimony of the Flora and Fauna

Part II. The Deluge

1. The Destruction of Atlantis Described in the Deluge Legends
2. The Deluge of the Bible
3. The Deluge of the Chaldeans
4. The Deluge Legends of Other Nations
5. The Deluge Legends of America
6. Some Consideration of the Deluge Legends

Part III. The Civilization of the Old World and New Compared

1. Civilization an Inheritance
2. The Identity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New
3. American Evidences of Intercourse with Europe or Atlantis
4. Corroborating Circumstances
5. The Question of Complexion
6. Genesis Contains a History of Atlantis
7. The Origin of Our Alphabet
8. The Bronze Age in Europe
9. Artificial Deformation of the Skull

Part IV. The Mythologies of the Old World A Recollection of Atlantis

1. Traditions of Atlantis
2. The Kings of Atlantis Become the Gods of the Greeks
3. The Gods of the Phoenicians Also Kings of Atlantis
4. The God Odin, Woden, or Wotan
5. The Pyramid, The Cross, and The Garden of Eden
6. Gold and Silver the Sacred Metals of Atlantis

Part V. The Colonies of Atlantis

1. The Central American and Mexican Colonies
2. The Egyptian Colony
3. The Colonies of the Mississippi Valley
4. The Iberian Colonies of Atlantis
5. The Peruvian Colony
6. The African Colonies
7. The Irish Colonies From Atlantis
8. The Oldest Son of Noah
9. The Antiquity of Some of Our Great Inventions
10. The Aryan Colonies From Atlantis
11. Atlantis Reconstructed