Chapter I: Foreword

"The Hosts of the Air" is the third and concluding volume of the World War Series, of which "The Forest of Swords" and "The Guns of Europe" were the predecessors. It deals primarily with the love story of John Scott and Julie Lannes, but all the characters of the earlier books reappear in this romance also.

CONTENTS

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I. THE TRENCH 1
II. THE YOUNG AUSTRIAN 25
III. JULIE'S COMING 45
IV. THE HOTEL AT CHASTEL 70
V. THE REGISTER 87
VI. JOHN'S RESOLVE 108
VII. THE PURSUIT 128
VIII. INTO GERMANY 160
IX. THE GREAT CASTLE 179
X. THE FAIR CAPTIVE 200
XI. THE EFFICIENT HOSTLER 225
XII. THE HUNTING LODGE 248
XIII. THE DANGEROUS FLIGHT 278
XIV. THE HAPPY ESCAPE 299

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Hosts of the Air, Frontispiece

"Once they came to the very edge of the trench to be slain there" 28

"'You! You! Is it really you?' she cried" 260

"Now the aeroplanes flew at almost incredible speed, the _Arrow_ always at their head", 332