CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I. THE MATERIALS FOR A SOLUTION CHAPTER I THE TEXT OF EDWIN DROOD

PART II ATTEMPT AT A SOLUTION CHAPTER V WAS EDWIN DROOD MURDERED?

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD A BIBLIOGRAPHY COMPILED BY B. W. MATZ

INDEX

NOTES.

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