CONTENTS
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I WAR AND THE INTRODUCING OF JIM
CHAPTER II SECRET SERVICE ORGANISATIONS, COMPARISONS, AND INCIDENTALS
CHAPTER III INITIATION TO ACTIVE WORK
CHAPTER IV INTERCOMMUNICATING WITH TEMPORARY CODES AND INCIDENTS
CHAPTER V LOCATING GERMAN MINE-LAYERS
CHAPTER VI DEPOSING A RIVAL
CHAPTER VII FIGHTING GERMAN AGENTS WITH FAKED WEAPONS
CHAPTER VIII ESCAPING FROM THE CLUTCHES OF A VERY CLEVER LADY
CHAPTER IX WILD-FOWLING EXTRAORDINARY AND TRAWLING FOR SUBMARINES IN NEUTRAL WATERS
CHAPTER X THE MYSTERIOUS HARBOUR
CHAPTER XI MAD GAMBLING AND A BIG BRIBE
CHAPTER XII SHADOWED BY POLICE
CHAPTER XIII DODGING FRONTIER GUARDS AND SEARCHING FOR ONE'S SELF
CHAPTER XIV AVOIDING COLD MURDER
CHAPTER XV ESCAPING FROM A SUBMARINE
CHAPTER XVI THE CASEMENT AFFAIR
CHAPTER XVII PERTAINING TO MYSTERY SHIPS
CHAPTER XVIII THE SINKING OF THE "LUSITANIA" BY GERMAN TREACHERY
CHAPTER XIX MINISTERIAL, DIPLOMATIC, AND CONSULAR FAILINGS
CHAPTER XX THE SHAM BLOCKADE
L'ENVOI
BRITISH SECRET SERVICE DURING THE GREAT WAR
Author of "Round the World in Strange Company," etc., etc.
THIRD EDITION
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO VISCOUNT NORTHCLIFFE WHO DURING THE THROES OF OUR NATIONAL CRISIS PROVED HIMSELF THE GREATEST OF ALL LIVING ENGLISHMEN