Chapter I: Front Matter

THE LAND OF MIST

A. CONAN DOYLE

The Land of Mist

By A. CONAN DOYLE

AUTHOR OF

“The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” “Danger, and
Other Stories,” “The Lost World,” “Memoirs of
Sherlock Holmes,” “Tales of Sherlock Holmes,”
“The Valley of Fear,” etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with George H. Doran Company
Printed in U. S. A.

COPYRIGHT, 1926,
BY A. CONAN DOYLE

THE LAND OF MIST
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO THE
REVEREND GEORGE VALE OWEN
AS A TOKEN OF
SYMPATHY, ADMIRATION, AND FRIENDSHIP

JANUARY, 1926

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I IN WHICH OUR SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS MAKE A START 11

II WHICH DESCRIBES AN EVENING IN STRANGE COMPANY 21

III IN WHICH PROFESSOR CHALLENGER GIVES HIS OPINION 40

IV WHICH DESCRIBES SOME STRANGE DOINGS IN HAMMERSMITH 46

V WHERE OUR COMMISSIONERS HAVE A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE 77

VI IN WHICH THE READER IS SHOWN THE HABITS OF A NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL 98

VII IN WHICH THE NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL GETS WHAT THE BRITISH LAW CONSIDERS TO BE HIS DESERTS 116

VIII IN WHICH THREE INVESTIGATORS COME UPON A DARK SOUL 131

IX WHICH INTRODUCES SOME VERY PHYSICAL PHENOMENA 155

X DE PROFUNDIS 166

XI WHERE SILAS LINDEN COMES INTO HIS OWN 184

XII THERE ARE HEIGHTS AND THERE ARE DEPTHS 198

XIII IN WHICH PROFESSOR CHALLENGER GOES FORTH TO BATTLE 212

XIV IN WHICH CHALLENGER MEETS A STRANGE COLLEAGUE 230

XV IN WHICH TRAPS ARE LAID FOR A GREAT QUARRY 243

XVI IN WHICH CHALLENGER HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF HIS LIFETIME 257

XVII WHERE THE MISTS CLEAR AWAY 274

APPENDIX 280

THE LAND OF MIST