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<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <p class="center bigtext newchapter">THE INTERNATIONAL<br/> ADVENTURE LIBRARY</p> <p class="center">BY<br/> <span class="bigtext">MAURICE LEBLANC</span></p> <p class="center"><i>Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mottos</i></p> <hr class="wide" /> <h2><SPAN name="TRANSLATORS_NOTE" id="TRANSLATORS_NOTE"></SPAN>TRANSLATOR'S NOTE</h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>A zealous reader, collating the translation of this book with the original, would hit upon certain differences. These are due to alterations made, in most case, by the author himself, and, in all cases, with his full approval.</p> <p class="sig3"><span class="smcap">A.&nbsp;T.&nbsp;de&nbsp;M.</span></p> <p><span class="smcap">Chelsea</span>, England, August, 1910.</p> </div> <hr class="wide" /> <h2><SPAN name="CONTENTS" id="CONTENTS"></SPAN>CONTENTS</h2> <table class="figcenter" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" summary="Table of Contents"> <tr> <td class="chapnum smalltext">&nbsp;</td> <td class="chapname smalltext">&nbsp;</td> <td class="chappage smalltext">CONTENTS</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="transnote" colspan="2">Translator's Note</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#TRANSLATORS_NOTE">v</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">I.</td> <td class="chapname">The Tragedy at the Palace Hotel</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_I">3</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">II.</td> <td class="chapname">The Blue-edged Label</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_II">31</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">III.</td> <td class="chapname">M. Lenormand Opens his Campaign</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_III">55</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">IV.</td> <td class="chapname">Prince Sernine at Work</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_IV">75</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">V.</td> <td class="chapname">M. Lenormand at Work</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_V">114</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">VI.</td> <td class="chapname">M. Lenormand Succumbs</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VI">137</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">VII.</td> <td class="chapname">Parbury-Ribeira-Altenheim</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VII">162</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">VIII.</td> <td class="chapname">The Olive-green Frock-coat</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_VIII">192</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">IX.</td> <td class="chapname">"Sant&eacute; Palace"</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_IX">219</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">X.</td> <td class="chapname">Lupin's Great Scheme</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_X">254</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">XI.</td> <td class="chapname">Charlemagne</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XI">272</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">XII.</td> <td class="chapname">The Emperor's Letters</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XII">291</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">XIII.</td> <td class="chapname">The Seven Scoundrels</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIII">324</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">XIV.</td> <td class="chapname">The Man in Black</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XIV">352</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">XV.</td> <td class="chapname">The Map of Europe</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XV">379</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum">XVI.</td> <td class="chapname">Ars&egrave;ne Lupin's Three Murders</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#CHAPTER_XVI">405</SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="chapnum smcap">Epilogue.</td> <td class="chapname">The Suicide</td> <td class="chappage"><SPAN href="#EPILOGUE">434</SPAN></td> </tr> </table> <hr class="wide" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[Pg 3]</SPAN></span></p> <h2 class="newchapter">813</h2> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />