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THE BLONDE LADY

BEING A RECORD OF THE DUEL OF WITS
BETWEEN ARSÈNE LUPIN AND THE
ENGLISH DETECTIVE
BY MAURICE LEBLANC
TRANSLATED BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
Illustrated by H. Richard Boehm

New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1910

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY MAURICE LEBLANC
COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, BY THE SHORT STORIES COMPANY, LTD.
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY MAURICE LEBLANC
PUBLISHED, JUNE, 1910

This book appeared in England under the title of Arsène Lupin versus Holmlock Shears

Contents

[FIRST EPISODE: THE BLONDE LADY]
[I.]Number 514, Series 233
[II.]The Blue Diamond49
[III.]Holmlock Shears Opens Hostilities91
[IV.]A Glimmer in the Darkness131
[V.]Kidnapped166
[VI.]The Second Arrest of Arsène Lupin207
[SECOND EPISODE: THE JEWISH LAMP]
[I.]249
[II.]296