ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Part I GIANTS OF THE MORNING OF THE WORLD
Part II IN THE DAYS OF ROMANCE
Part III NURSERY TALES OF MANY LANDS
Part IV SOME REAL GIANTS, and WHAT SCIENCE HAS LEARNED ABOUT THEM
THE LIBRARY OF ROMANCE
A BOOK OF GIANTS
Odysseus at mouth of cave of Polyphemus
THE LIBRARY OF ROMANCE
A BOOK OF GIANTS
TALES OF VERY TALL MEN OF MYTH,
LEGEND, HISTORY, AND SCIENCE
BY
HENRY WYSHAM LANIER
AUTHOR OF "A BOOK OF BRAVERY," "THE ROMANCE OF PISCATOR," ETC.
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"And there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight."—Numbers: xiii, 33.
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