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Title: The Sorcery Club

Author: Elliott O'Donnell

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THE SORCERY CLUB

by

ELLIOTT O'DONNELL

Author of _Byways of Ghostland_, _Werwolves_,
_Dreams and Their Meanings_, _Some Haunted Houses of England
and Wales_, _Scottish Ghost Tales_, _Haunted Houses of London_, etc., etc.

London
William Rider & Son, Limited
8 Paternoster Row, E.C.

1912

[Illustration: "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE KEEP OFF!" KELSON SHRIEKED]

CONTENTS

I HOW THEY FIRST HEARD OF ATLANTIS

II THE BLACK ART OF ATLANTIS

III LEARNING TO SIN

IV THE TESTS

V THE INITIATION

VI THE FIRST POWER

VII SAN FRANCISCO LADIES AND DIVINATION

VIII TWO DREAMS

IX LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

X HOW THE DREAMS WERE INTERPRETED

XI LEON HAMAR CALLS ON THE MARTINS

XII THE GREAT CHALLENGE

XIII THE MODERN SORCERY CO. LTD. GIVE A GRATIS PERFORMANCE

XIV SHIEL TO THE RESCUE

XV HOW HAMAR, CURTIS AND KELSON ENTERED THE ASTRAL PLANE

XVI HAMAR MAKES ADVANCES

XVII THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE

XVIII STAGE THREE

XIX A SERIES OF MISADVENTURES

XX THE STAGE OF HAUNTINGS

XXI THE SELLING OF SPELLS

XXII THE PERSECUTION OF THE MARTINS

XXIII LOVE

XXIV THE SUBPOENA

XXV CURTIS IN A NEW ROLE

XXVI IN HYDE PARK AT NIGHT

XXVII THE RIGHT GIRL TO MARRY

XXVIII WHOM WILL HE MARRY?

XXIX THE END AND 'THE BEYOND'

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE KEEP OFF," KELSON SHRIEKED (frontispiece)

THE INITIATION

TH