Front matter

THE BEACH OF DREAMS A ROMANCE BY H. DE VERE STACPOOLE AUTHOR OF “THE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF,” “THE GHOST GIRL,” “THE GOLD TRAIL,” “THE BLUE LAGOON,” ETC. THE NATIONAL BOOK CO. PUBLISHERS 28 WEST 44TH ST., NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY STREET & SMITH

COPYRIGHT, 1919 BY JOHN LANE COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I The Albatross 9

II North-West 14

III The Gaston De Paris 22

IV Disaster 41

V Voices In The Night 48

VI Dawn 53

VII The Coast 66

PART II

VIII The Awakening 73

IX The Wooley 80

X The Cross 94

XI The Cache 103

XII The Quarrel 117

XIII Where Is Bompard? 124

XIV The Death Traps 132

XV The Stroke 143

XVI Alone 146

XVII Friends in Desolation 153

PART III

XVIII God Made Friendship 159

XIX The Birds 167

XX VÆ Victis 171

PART IV

XXI Time Passes 181

XXII A Newcomer 185

XXIII Raft 194

XXIV A Dream 203

XXV Stories on the Beach 211

XXVI The Great Wind 225

PART V

XXVII The Corridor 233

XXVIII Night 248

XXIX The Summit 253

XXX The Bay 259

XXXI The Ship 264

XXXII The Opium Smokers 272

XXXIII Mainsail Haul 277

XXXIV The Carcassonne 281

PART VI

XXXV Marseilles 289

XXXVI The Leper 301

XXXVII A New Home 313