Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ISLE OF LIES

Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised where appropriate but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

NEW NOVELS

Betty Brent, Typist.
By “RITA.”

Red Love.
By the Author of “The Wild Widow.”

The Soul of Crœsus.
By GERALD VILLIERS-STUART.

A Gentleman from Portland.
By RANGER GULL.

The Methods of Mr. Ames.
By the Author of “The Adventures of John Johns.”

A Laughing Matter.
By SHAN F. BULLOCK.

The Loser Pays. A Story of the French Revolution.
By MARY OPENSHAW.

The Silent Ones.
By MARY GAUNT and J. RIDGWELL ESSEX.

The Adventures of Louis Blake.
By LOUIS BECKE.

Side Stepping with Shorty.
By SEWELL FORD. Author of “Shorty McCabe.”
Illustrated.

The Wild Widow.
By GERTIE DE S. WENTWORTH-JAMES.

Cousins and Others.
By KATHARINE TYNAN.

Lil of the Slums.
By DICK DONOVAN.

THE ISLE OF
LIES

BY
M. P. SHIEL

Author of
“The White Wedding”
“The Last Miracle”

“The sounding again of the
mountains.”—_Ezekiel._

Published at Clifford’s Inn, London

By T. WERNER LAURIE

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE STELE 1

II. MOLLY O’HARA 17

III. THE ISLE OF LIES 29

IV. THE SHIP 43

V. “MISS EVE” 52

VI. THE TOWERS 62

VII. THE TERRACES 68

VIII. IN THE GARDEN 79

IX. “VITRIOLISERAI” 93

X. “THE MOON” 111

XI. THE CHAMBER-WINDOW 135

XII. THE WEDDING-PLACE 171

XIII. AT EGMOND 190

XIV. AT SERAPIS 208

XV. TO SHUNTER 226

THE ISLE OF LIES