THE BEETLE A MYSTERY
BY RICHARD MARSH
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN WILLIAMSON
CONTENTS.
BOOK I. The House with the Open Window
CHAPTER I. OUTSIDE CHAPTER II. INSIDE CHAPTER III. THE MAN IN THE BED CHAPTER IV. A LONELY VIGIL CHAPTER V. AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY CHAPTER VI. A SINGULAR FELONY CHAPTER VII. THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM CHAPTER VIII. THE MAN IN THE STREET CHAPTER IX. THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET
BOOK II. The Haunted Man
CHAPTER X. REJECTED CHAPTER XI. A MIDNIGHT EPISODE CHAPTER XII. A MORNING VISITOR CHAPTER XIII. THE PICTURE CHAPTER XIV. THE DUCHESS’ BALL CHAPTER XV. MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS CHAPTER XVI. ATHERTON’S MAGIC VAPOUR CHAPTER XVII. MAGIC?--OR MIRACLE? CHAPTER XVIII. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE CHAPTER XIX. THE LADY RAGES CHAPTER XX. A HEAVY FATHER CHAPTER XXI. THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT CHAPTER XXII. THE HAUNTED MAN
BOOK III. The Terror by Night and the Terror by Day
CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAY HE TOLD HER CHAPTER XXIV. A WOMAN’S VIEW CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN IN THE STREET CHAPTER XXVI. A FATHER’S NO CHAPTER XXVII. THE TERROR BY NIGHT CHAPTER XXVIII. THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE CHAPTER XXX. THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT CHAPTER XXXI. THE TERROR BY DAY
BOOK IV. In Pursuit
CHAPTER XXXII. A NEW CLIENT CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE CHAPTER XXXIV. AFTER TWENTY YEARS CHAPTER XXXV. A BRINGER OF TIDINGS CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE REST OF THE FIND CHAPTER XXXIX. MISS LOUISA COLEMAN CHAPTER XL. WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW CHAPTER XLI. THE CONSTABLE,--HIS CLUE,--AND THE CAB CHAPTER XLII. THE QUARRY DOUBLES CHAPTER XLIII. THE MURDER AT MRS ’ENDERSON’S CHAPTER XLIV. THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED CHAPTER XLV. ALL THAT MRS ’ENDERSON KNEW CHAPTER XLVI. THE SUDDEN STOPPING CHAPTER XLVII. THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE CHAPTER XLVIII. THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER