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Title: The Angel of the Revolution
A Tale of the Coming Terror

Author: George Griffith

Illustrator: Fred T. Jane

Release Date: February 18, 2010 [EBook #31324]

Language: English

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THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION

MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

[Illustration: _Drawn by Edwin S. Hope._

NATASHA]

THE ANGEL
OF THE
REVOLUTION

A Tale of the Coming Terror

BY
GEORGE GRIFFITH

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRED. T. JANE_

FIFTH EDITION

LONDON
TOWER PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED
91 MINORIES, E.C.
1894

_Copyrighted Abroad_] [_All Foreign Rights Reserved_

TO
CYRIL ARTHUR PEARSON
TO WHOSE SUGGESTION
THE WRITING OF THIS STORY
WAS PRIMARILY DUE
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE INSCRIBED
BY
THE AUTHOR

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, 1

II. AT WAR WITH SOCIETY, 8

III. A FRIENDLY CHAT, 16

IV. THE HOUSE ON CLAPHAM COMMON, 23

V. THE INNER CIRCLE, 30

VI. NEW FRIENDS, 37

VII. THE DAUGHTER OF NATAS, 46

VIII. LEARNING THE PART, 54

IX. THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS, 63

X. THE "ARIEL," 70

XI. FIRST BLOOD, 78

XII. IN THE MASTER'S NAME, 85

XIII. FOR LIFE OR DEATH, 91

XIV. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT, 98

XV. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, 103

XVI. A WOOING IN MID-AIR, 110

XVII. AERIA FELIX, 119

XVIII. A NAVY OF THE FUTURE, 127

XIX. THE EVE OF BATTLE, 135

XX. BETWEEN TWO LIVES, 141

XXI. JUST