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
I	A MOMENTOUS EXPERIMENT
II	NORAH'S GOOD-BYE
III	SEEN UNDER THE MOON
IV	THE SHADOW OF THE TERROR
V	A GLIMPSE OF THE DOOM
VI	THE NOTE OF WAR
VII	CAUGHT!
VIII	FIRST BLOOD
IX	THE "FLYING FISH" APPEARS.
X	FIRST BLOWS FROM THE AIR
XI	THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO SQUADRONS
XII	HOW LONDON TOOK THE NEWS
XIII	A CRIME AND A MISTAKE
XIV	THE EVE OF BATTLE
XV	THE STRIFE OF GIANTS.
XVI	HOW THE FRENCH LANDED AT PORTSMOUTH
XVII	AWAY FROM THE WARPATH
XVIII	A GLIMPSE OF THE PERIL
XIX	A CHANGE OF SCENE
XX	THE NIGHT OF TERROR BEGINS —
XXI	— AND ENDS
XXII	DISASTER.
XXIII	THE OTHER CAMPAIGN BEGINS
XXIV	TOM BOWCOCK — PITMAN
XXV	PREPARING FOR ACTION
XXVI	THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON
XXVII	LENNARD'S ULTIMATUM.
XXVIII	CONCERNING ASTRONOMY AND OYSTERS
XXIX	THE LION WAKES
XXX	MR PARMENTER SAYS
XXXI	JOHN CASTELLAN'S THREAT
XXXII	A VIGIL IN THE NIGHT
XXXIII	MR PARMENTER RETURNS
XXXIV	THE "AURIOLE"
XXXV	THE "AURIOLE" HOISTS THE WHITE ENSIGN
XXXVI	A PARLEY AT ALDERSHOT
XXXVII	THE VERDICT OF SCIENCE
XXXVIII	WAITING FOR DOOM
XXXIX	THE LAST FIGHT
	EPILOGUE — "AND ON EARTH, PEACE!"
	Notes for the e-text version