DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Mineola, New York

Bibliographical Note

This Dover edition, first published in 2006, is an unabridged republication of the
work first published by Brentano's Publishers Inc., New York, in 1915.

International Standard Book Number: 0-486-44971-8

Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc., 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, N.Y. 11501


Contents

Introduction to the Dover Editionv
chapterpage
I.The Genius of Crime[1]
II.A Tragic Dawn[12]
III.The Hunt for the Man[26]
IV."No! I am not Mad!"[34]
V."Arrest Me!"[45]
VI."Fantômas, it is Death!"[52]
VII.The Criminal Investigation Department[68]
VIII.A Dreadful Confession[82]
IX.All for Honour[92]
X.Princess Sonia's Bath[104]
XI.Magistrate and Detective[117]
XII.A Knock-out Blow[125]
XIII.Thérèse's Future[133]
XIV.Mademoiselle Jeanne[140]
XV.The Mad Woman's Plot[146]
XVI.Among the Market Porters[156]
XVII.At the Saint-Anthony's Pig[163]
XVIII.A Prisoner and a Witness[174]
XIX.Jérôme Fandor[184]
XX.A Cup of Tea[190]
XXI.Lord Beltham's Murderer[196]
XXII.The Scrap of Paper[205]
XXIII.The Wreck of the "Lancaster"[210]
XXIV.Under Lock and Key[216]
XXV.An Unexpected Accomplice[223]
XXVI.A Mysterious Crime[228]
XXVII.Three Surprising Incidents[237]
XXVIII.The Court of Assize[247]
XXIX.Verdict and Sentence[255]
XXX.An Assignation[265]
XXXI.Fell Treachery[276]
XXXII.On the Scaffold[288]