Nests of pterodactyls, hordes of iguanodons, swarms of plesiosaurs still roaming the earth in the twentieth century? Professor Challenger says yes and to prove it he leads an expedition into the deepest jungles of South America. Together, the men--a young journalist, an adventurer, and an aristocrat--along with their bearers and guides,search for the rumored country and encounter savagery,hardship, and betrayal on the way. But things only get worse as they get closer to the hidden world they seek. Trapped on an isolated plateau, menaced by hungry carnosaurs, it begins to look as though the expedition may never return from...

1. THERE ARE HEROISMS ALL ROUND Us

2. TRY YOUR LUCK WITH PROFESSOR CHALLENGER

3. HE IS A PERFECTLY IMPOSSIBLE PERSON

4. IT"S JUST THE VERY BIGGEST THING IN THE WORLD

5. QUESTION!

6. I WAS THE FLAIL OF THE LORD

7. TOMORROW WE DISAPPEAR INTO THE UNKNOWN

8. THE OUTLYING PICKETS OF THE NEW WORLD

9. WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN IT?

10. THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS HAVE HAPPENED

11. FOR ONCE I WAS THE HERO

12. IT WAS DREADFUL IN THE FOREST

13. A SIGHT I SHALL NEVER FORGET

14. THOSE WERE THE REAL CONQUESTS

15. OUR EYES HAVE SEEN GREAT WONDERS

16. A PROCESSION! A PROCESSION!