Front matter
Reading edition
1902
DEDICATION TO JOAN, EFFIE AND ERNESTINE BOWES-LYON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. PATIENT PERSEVERANCE PRODUCES PUGILISTIC PRODIGIES
CHAPTER II. THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL
CHAPTER III. AN UNIMPORTANT BY-PRODUCT
CHAPTER IV. CERTAIN REVELATIONS
CHAPTER V. CONCERNING THE MUTUAL FRIEND
CHAPTER VI. A LITERARY BANQUET
CHAPTER VII. BARRETT EXPLORES
CHAPTER VIII. BARRETT CEASES TO EXPLORE
CHAPTER IX. ENTER THE SLEUTH-HOUND
CHAPTER X. MR THOMPSON INVESTIGATES
CHAPTER XI. THE SPORTS
CHAPTER XII. AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XIII. SIR ALFRED SCORES
CHAPTER XIV. THE LONG RUN
CHAPTER XV. MR ROBERTS EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XVI. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF J. THOMSON
CHAPTER XVII. 'WE'LL PROCEED TO SEARCH FOR THOMSON IF HE BE ABOVE THE GROUND'
CHAPTER XVIII. IN WHICH THE AFFAIRS OF VARIOUS PERSONS ARE WOUND UP