Argues that the origin of mankind was once at the North Pole. According to Warren, the Garden of Eden, Atlantis, Mount Meru, Avalon and Hyperborea were all located at the North Pole. These mythical lands are simply folk tales written about the original center of mankind, the North Pole. Contents PART FIRST 1 The report of Sir John de Maundeville 7 The success of the author of The Book of Enoch 20 Inconclusive character of the Biblical data 26 Its location ten different answers 35 Theory of E Beauvois 41 PRIMITIVE EDEN AT THE NORTH 47 Our hypothesis consequently most difficult 53 Its symbolical and commemorative character 228 The Jerusalem earthcentre 234 Conclusion 86 242 That of the Japanese 245 Sacred hydrography of the Persians 251 The Puranic 259 The Tatpillar of the Egyptians 265 The Bodhi tree of the Buddhists 271 CHAPTER II 60 A safe settlement of the question 66 CHAPTER III 71 Leibnitzs theory of crustcollapse 79 Testimony of lifehistory 85 Sir Joseph Hooker 88 Second remarkable fact 94 F Muller and M Wagners views 100 THE HYPOTHESIS CONFIRMED BY ETHNIC TRADITION 115 General statement 121 In the Chinese 128 In the Greek and Roman 135 The Island of the Congealed Drop 141 That of the Chinese 244 144 THE CRADLE OP THE RACE IN EAST ARYAN OR HINDU THOUGHT 148 Ritters unwitting testimony 154 Polar position of Iran the Ancient 161 Lenormants difficulties 168 Underestimates of Egyptian science 173 The highest North the abode of the gods 179 Deukalion a man of the North 186 THE EXUBERANCE OF LIFE 189 Chaldaean and Egyptian traditions 193 Length of day at the Pole 197 The Hebrew conception 23 203 The Akkadian conception 209 The Japanese conception 215 Solution of the problem 221 Ethnic traditions of the Earths deterioration 279 Language of Professor Nicholson 285 Primitive forms by no means monstrosities 294 CHAPTER VIII 300 The world of Cosmas Indicopleustes 3S 306 CHAPTER I 313 The true corrective 317 Heightened fascination of polar exploration 325 Second as to the location of Hades 332 Fourth as to the Olympos of the gods 338 That of the Greeks 234 340 Fifth as to the tall pillars of Atlas 350 The exegetical method dictated by our results 359 Humes dissent 368 Refutation by Roskoff and others 375 Gasparis theory 382 Current approximations of teaching 385 As to their monogamous family form 392 Seven conclusions 403 Dr Wilhelm Mannhardts representation 409 Primeval human history 418 An imaginary conversation 432 That of the Babylonians 239 452 Reception of The True Key 45 454 That of the Hindus 240 459 Homers Abode of the Dead 467 Latest Polar Research 487 Copyright