Chapter II: Preface: 1

PART I

I THE "FIRE-POT." 5 II THE TRIAL. 17

PART II

I WITH THE ROBBERS--THE PRSJAKA CAVES. 25 II THE BERDICZOV MONASTERY. 85

PART III IN THE SERVICE OF THE DUKE.

I MALACHI. 101 II PERSIDA. 114

PART IV WITH THE TEMPLARS.

I IN THE HOLLOW TREE. 138

PART V THE HOMICIDE.

I ON BOARD MYNHEER'S SHIP. 173 II THE MOO-CALF. 179

PART VI

I THE FORGERY.--ONE CIPHER. 204 II THE LEGACY. 207

PART VII

I PEACEFUL REPOSE. 215

PART VIII IN BENGAL.

I BEGUM SUMRO. 232 II IDOL WORSHIP. 242 III MAIMUNA, AND DANESH. 249

PART IX ON THE HIGH SEAS.

I THE PIRATES. 267

PART X UXORICIDE.

I THE SECUNDOGENITUR. 279 II THE QUICKSANDS. 289

PART XI IN SATAN'S REALM.

I THE SATYRS. 300 II WITCH-SABBATH. 311

PART XII THE BREAD OF SHAME.

I THE MAGIC THALER. 323 II THE HUSBAND OF THE WIFE OF ANOTHER MAN. 329

PART XIII THE EXCHANGE OF BODIES.

I THE QUACK DOCTOR. 335

PART XIV

I THE WHITE DOVE 347

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_By Charles Hope Provost_

"Stay, Constable, I want to see what you put into that fire pot--open it" _Frontispiece_

"I took my lamp, descended to the crypt" 167

"I could read in her radiant countenance how overjoyed she was to be with me again; and I was enraptured to clasp her once more in my arms" 252

"Thus I managed to propel my body slowly, painfully toward the stable earth" 296