THE BEACH OF DREAMS A ROMANCE BY H. DE VERE STACPOOLE AUTHOR OF “THE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF,” “THE GHOST GIRL,” “THE GOLD TRAIL,” “THE BLUE LAGOON,” ETC. THE NATIONAL BOOK CO. PUBLISHERS 28 WEST 44TH ST., NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1919
BY STREET & SMITH

COPYRIGHT, 1919
BY JOHN LANE COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America


CONTENTS
PART I
CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Albatross[9]
IINorth-West[14]
IIIThe Gaston De Paris[22]
IVDisaster[41]
VVoices In The Night[48]
VIDawn[53]
VIIThe Coast[66]
PART II
VIIIThe Awakening[73]
IXThe Wooley[80]
XThe Cross[94]
XIThe Cache[103]
XIIThe Quarrel[117]
XIIIWhere Is Bompard?[124]
XIVThe Death Traps[132]
XVThe Stroke[143]
XVIAlone[146]
XVIIFriends in Desolation[153]
PART III
XVIIIGod Made Friendship[159]
XIXThe Birds[167]
XXVÆ Victis[171]
PART IV
XXITime Passes[181]
XXIIA Newcomer[185]
XXIIIRaft[194]
XXIVA Dream[203]
XXVStories on the Beach[211]
XXVIThe Great Wind[225]
PART V
XXVIIThe Corridor[233]
XXVIIINight[248]
XXIXThe Summit[253]
XXXThe Bay[259]
XXXIThe Ship[264]
XXXIIThe Opium Smokers[272]
XXXIIIMainsail Haul[277]
XXXIVThe Carcassonne[281]
PART VI
XXXVMarseilles[289]
XXXVIThe Leper[301]
XXXVIIA New Home[313]