The World Peril of 1910

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Author

Griffith, George Chetwynd, 1857-1906

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Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Science fiction, English

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Text

eBook-No.

24764

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24764

Release Date

March 6, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WORLD PERIL OF 1910 — BY
2. 2.GEORGE GRIFFITH — AUTHOR OF "THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION," "A CONQUEST OF FORTUNE," "A MAYFAIR MAGICIAN," "HIS BETTER HALF," ETC. ETC. — LONDON
3. 3.F. V. WHITE & CO. LTD. — 14, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C. 1907
4. 4.CONTENTS — THE WORLD PERIL OF 1910
5. 5.PROLOGUE — A RACE FOR A WOMAN
6. 6.CHAPTER I — A MOMENTOUS EXPERIMENT
7. 7.CHAPTER II — NORAH'S GOOD-BYE
8. 8.CHAPTER III — SEEN UNDER THE MOON
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE SHADOW OF THE TERROR
10. 10.CHAPTER V — A GLIMPSE OF THE DOOM
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE NOTE OF WAR
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — CAUGHT!
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — FIRST BLOOD
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — THE "FLYING FISH" APPEARS
15. 15.CHAPTER X — FIRST BLOWS FROM THE AIR
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO SQUADRONS
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — HOW LONDON TOOK THE NEWS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — A CRIME AND A MISTAKE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE EVE OF BATTLE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE STRIFE OF GIANTS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — HOW THE FRENCH LANDED AT PORTSMOUTH
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — AWAY FROM THE WARPATH
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — A GLIMPSE OF THE PERIL
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — A CHANGE OF SCENE
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — THE NIGHT OF TERROR BEGINS—
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — —AND ENDS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — DISASTER
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — THE OTHER CAMPAIGN BEGINS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — TOM BOWCOCK—PITMAN
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — PREPARING FOR ACTION
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — LENNARD'S ULTIMATUM
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII — CONCERNING ASTRONOMY AND OYSTERS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX — THE LION WAKES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX — MR PARMENTER SAYS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI — JOHN CASTELLAN'S THREAT
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII — A VIGIL IN THE NIGHT
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII — MR PARMENTER RETURNS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE "AURIOLE"
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV — THE "AURIOLE" HOISTS THE WHITE ENSIGN
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI — A PARLEY AT ALDERSHOT
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE VERDICT OF SCIENCE
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII — WAITING FOR DOOM
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX — THE LAST FIGHT
45. 45.EPILOGUE — "AND ON EARTH, PEACE!" — THE END — COLSTON AND COY. LIMITED, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH

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