PAGE Preface by Dr. Henry Woodward v Author's Preface ix Preface to Second Edition xv Introduction 1 CHAPTER I. How Extinct Monsters are preserved 9 CHAPTER II. Sea-scorpions 24 CHAPTER III. The Great Fish-lizards 34 CHAPTER IV. The Great Sea-lizards and their Allies 52 CHAPTER V. The Dragons of Old Time--Dinosaurs 61 CHAPTER VI. The Dragons of Old Time--Dinosaurs 75 CHAPTER VII. The Dragons of Old Time--Dinosaurs 98 CHAPTER VIII. Flying Dragons 121 CHAPTER IX. Sea-serpents 133 CHAPTER X. Some American Monsters 148 CHAPTER XI. Some Indian Monsters 162 CHAPTER XII. Giant Sloths and Armadillos 177 CHAPTER XIII. The Mammoth 192 CHAPTER XIV. The Mastodon and the Woolly Rhinoceros 217 CHAPTER XV. Giant Birds 227 CHAPTER XVI. The Great Irish Deer and Steller's Sea-cow 240 APPENDICES. I.--Table of Stratified Rocks 251 II.--The Great Sea-serpent 253 III.--List of British Localities where Remains of the Mammoth have been discovered 258 IV.--Literature 261 V.--Ichthyosaurs 264 INDEX 267 LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATE TO FACE PAGE