THE WORLD PERIL
OF 1910

BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH
AUTHOR OF
"THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION," "A CONQUEST OF FORTUNE,"
"A MAYFAIR MAGICIAN," "HIS BETTER HALF," ETC. ETC.

LONDON
F. V. WHITE & CO. LTD.
14, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C.
1907


CONTENTS

CHAP.
PROLOGUE — A RACE FOR A WOMAN
IA MOMENTOUS EXPERIMENT
IINORAH'S GOOD-BYE
IIISEEN UNDER THE MOON
IVTHE SHADOW OF THE TERROR
VA GLIMPSE OF THE DOOM
VITHE NOTE OF WAR
VIICAUGHT!
VIIIFIRST BLOOD
IXTHE "FLYING FISH" APPEARS.
XFIRST BLOWS FROM THE AIR
XITHE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO SQUADRONS
XIIHOW LONDON TOOK THE NEWS
XIIIA CRIME AND A MISTAKE
XIVTHE EVE OF BATTLE
XVTHE STRIFE OF GIANTS.
XVIHOW THE FRENCH LANDED AT PORTSMOUTH
XVIIAWAY FROM THE WARPATH
XVIIIA GLIMPSE OF THE PERIL
XIXA CHANGE OF SCENE
XXTHE NIGHT OF TERROR BEGINS —
XXI— AND ENDS
XXIIDISASTER.
XXIIITHE OTHER CAMPAIGN BEGINS
XXIVTOM BOWCOCK — PITMAN
XXVPREPARING FOR ACTION
XXVITHE FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON
XXVIILENNARD'S ULTIMATUM.
XXVIIICONCERNING ASTRONOMY AND OYSTERS
XXIXTHE LION WAKES
XXXMR PARMENTER SAYS
XXXIJOHN CASTELLAN'S THREAT
XXXIIA VIGIL IN THE NIGHT
XXXIIIMR PARMENTER RETURNS
XXXIVTHE "AURIOLE"
XXXVTHE "AURIOLE" HOISTS THE WHITE ENSIGN
XXXVIA PARLEY AT ALDERSHOT
XXXVIITHE VERDICT OF SCIENCE
XXXVIIIWAITING FOR DOOM
XXXIXTHE LAST FIGHT
EPILOGUE — "AND ON EARTH, PEACE!"

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