Chapter I: Front Matter

THE DRAGON

BY
M. P. SHIEL

AUTHOR OF “THE YELLOW DANGER,” ETC.

“Where shall wisdom be found? And where is the
place of understanding?”

LONDON
GRANT RICHARDS LTD.
PUBLISHERS

PRINTED BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED
EDINBURGH
1913

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PRINCE EDWARD 9
II. OYONE 29
III. THE COUP D’ÉTAT 37
IV. AUSTRALIAN GOLD 46
V. THUNDERY WEATHER 51
VI. THE GIRL IN THE CROWD 56
VII. THE “MAURETANIA” 65
VIII. THE TREASURE 78
IX. FATE OF THE SIX MILLIONS 93
X. THE “ASAHEL” 106
XI. GERMANS IN PALL MALL 119
XII. THE PRINCESS 135
XIII. THE REDLIKE RAY 150
XIV. THE SIX MILLIONS 163
XV. THE HAUNTED SUBMARINE 181
XVI. THE BURIED RAY 196
XVII. THE FLOOD 217
XVIII. THE RAY RADIATES 240
XIX. THE HOARD OF GOLD 259
XX. THE SEA AND THE AIR 276
XXI. THE DYING LIPS 288
XXII. THE RAY MIGRATES 295
XXIII. INTO WHOSE HANDS? 302
XXIV. THE YELLOW DELUGE 307
XXV. IN THE COMET’S TAIL 333