This anthology collects a wide range of early stories involving dinosaurs and other fossil reptilians come back to life. The short stories include The Last of the Vampires, The Lizard, The Monster of Lake LaMetrie, The Slaying of the Plesiosaurus, The Pterodactyl, The Monster of "Partridge Creek," The Diplodocus, The Last Haunt of the Dinosaur, The Great Beast Of Kafue, The Lizard God, The Beast of the Yungas, The Paradise of the Ice Wilderness, The Ancient Horror, and Report on the Status Quo. Also included is Arthur Conan Doyle's classic, The Lost World.