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A SON OF PERDITION

A SON OF PERDITION

AN OCCULT ROMANCE

BY FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR OF
"THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB,"
"LADY JIM OF CURZONSTREET,"
"THE MOTHER OF EMERALDS,"
"THEJEW'S HOUSE," ETC., ETC.

NEW & CHEAPER EDITION.

LONDON

WILLIAM RIDER & SON, LTD.

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TO

MRS. ANNIE BESANT

PRESIDENT

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

WHO IS

ELOQUENT, WISE, PATIENT,

AND TOLERANT

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NOTE

The Author is indebted for the descriptionof the Star-Worship contained inChapter XV to Mr. C. W. Leadbeater'sarticles on "Ancient Chaldea," whichappeared in the February, March, andApril numbers of "The TheosophicalReview" during the year 1900.

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CONTENTS