The Lost World

I should wish to place upon record here our gratitude to all our friends upon the Amazon for the very great kindness and hospitality which… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 16 – A Procession! A Procession!

I write this from day to day, but I trust that before I come to the end of it, I may be able to say… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 15 – Our Eyes have seen Great Wonders

We had imagined that our pursuers, the ape-men, knew nothing of our brush-wood hiding-place, but we were soon to find out our mistake. There was… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 14 – Those were the Real Conquests

Just as the sun was setting upon that melancholy night I saw the lonely figure of the Indian upon the vast plain beneath me, and… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 13 – A Sight which I shall Never Forget

I have said–or perhaps I have not said, for my memory plays me sad tricks these days–that I glowed with pride when three such men… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 12 – It was dreadful in the Forest

Lord John Roxton was right when he thought that some specially toxic quality might lie in the bite of the horrible creatures which had attacked… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 11 – For Once I was the Hero

The most wonderful things have happened and are continually happening to us. All the paper that I possess consists of five old note-books and a… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 10 – The most Wonderful Things have Happened

A dreadful thing has happened to us. Who could have foreseen it? I cannot foresee any end to our troubles. It may be that we… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 9 – Who could have foreseen it?

Our friends at home may well rejoice with us, for we are at our goal, and up to a point, at least, we have shown… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 8 – The Outlying Pickets of the New World

I will not bore those whom this narrative may reach by an account of our luxurious voyage upon the Booth liner, nor will I tell… Read More »The Lost World: Chapter 7 – Tomorrow we disappear into the Unknown