Preface

Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://archive.org/details/sonofperditionoc00hume Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A SON OF PERDITION An Occult Romance by FERGUS HUME Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "Lady Jim of Curzon Street," "The Mother of Emeralds," "The Jew's House," etc., etc. New & Cheaper Edition. London William Rider & Son, Ltd. TO MRS. ANNIE BESANT PRESIDENT THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY WHO IS ELOQUENT, WISE, PATIENT, AND TOLERANT _NOTE_ _The Author is indebted for the description of the Star-Worship contained in Chapter XV to Mr. C. W. Leadbeater's articles on "Ancient Chaldea," which appeared in the February, March, and April numbers of "The Theosophical Review" during the year 1900._ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE