Chapter I: Front Matter

THE WORLD BELOW

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BY THE SAME AUTHOR

FICTION

THE ADVENTURE OF WYNDHAM SMITH
THE ISLAND OF CAPTAIN SPARROW
LORD’S RIGHT IN LANGUEDOC
SEVEN THOUSAND IN ISRAEL
THE SCREAMING LAKE
THE SIEGE OF MALTA
THE NEWS GODS LEAD
PRELUDE IN PRAGUE
VENGEANCE OF GWA
THE HIDDEN TRIBE
ORDEAL OF BARATA
MEGIDDO’S RIDGE
BEYOND THE RIM
FOUR DAYS’ WAR
THE WITCHFINDER
ELFWIN
DELUGE
DREAM
DAVID
POWER
DAWN

VERSE

THE SONG OF SONGS AND OTHER POEMS
SCENES FROM THE MORTE D’ARTHUR
THE RIDING OF LANCELOT
THE BALLAD OF ELAINE
RESIDUE

TRANSLATION

DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY

POLITICAL

POLICE AND PUBLIC
SHOULD WE SURRENDER COLONIES?

BIOGRAPHY

THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT

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THE WORLD BELOW

by
S. FOWLER WRIGHT
Author of “Deluge,” “The Island of Captain Sparrow,” etc.

BOOKS FOR TODAY LTD
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Second Impression

Copyright, 1929

Made and Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons Ltd.,
Norwich, Mcmxlix

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CONTENTS

BOOK I. THE AMPHIBIANS

I. OF PLACE AND TIME
II. THE EMPTY DAWN
III. DEATH?
IV. THE OPAL WAY
V. THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE
VI. THE FROG-MOUTHS
VII. CAPTURE
VIII. THE BIRDS
IX. THE TUNNEL OF FEAR
X. THE AMPHIBIANS
XI. THE PROBLEM
XII. THE MARCH
XIII. THE KILLERS
XIV. THE HALT
XV. THE PLAN OF ATTACK
XVI. THE SENTRY
XVII. THE ETHICS OF VIOLENCE
XVIII. THE ARSENAL OF THE KILLERS
XIX. THE DUEL IN THE NIGHT
XX. THE BOW
XXI. THE BAT-WINGS
XXII. NIGHT IN THE ARSENAL
XXIII. THE ESCAPE
XXIV. THE FIGHT IN THE ARSENAL
XXV. THE FORBIDDEN THING
XXVI. THE TRIAL
XXVII. THE VERDICT
XXVIII. THE FATE OF THE KILLERS

BOOK II. THE WORLD BELOW

I. COUNSEL
II. THE UNKNOWN WAY
III. THE PERIL OF THE LAKE
IV. THE SILENCE IN THE WOOD
V. THE TEMPLE
VI. THE DOWNWARD PATH
VII. THE LIVING BOOK
VIII. THE TREATY
IX. THE FLAME OF LIFE
X. VISIONS
XI. WAR
XII. THE FATE OF TEMPLETON
XIII. SEPARATION
XIV. LOVE AND WAR
XV. RELEASE
XVI. RETURN

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