APPLETON AND COMPANY
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[Illustration: "He heard a shock near him and, ... saw a huddled mass
of wreckage."]
WORLD WAR SERIES
THE FOREST
OF SWORDS
A STORY OF PARIS
AND THE MARNE
BY
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
AUTHOR OF "THE GUNS OF EUROPE,"
"THE STAR OF GETTYSBURG," ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1928
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
FOREWORD
"The Forest of Swords," while an independent story, based upon the World
War, continues the fortunes of John Scott, Philip Lannes, and their
friends who have appeared already in "The Guns of Europe." As was stated
in the first volume, the author was in Austria and Germany for a month
after the war began, and then went to England. He saw the arrival of the
Emperor, Francis Joseph, in Vienna, the first striking event in the
gigantic struggle, and witnessed the mobilization of their armies by
three great nations.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. IN PARIS 1
II. THE MESSAGE 30
III. IN THE FRENCH CAMP 53
IV. THE INVISIBLE HAND 76
V. SEEN FROM ABOVE 99
VI. IN HOSTILE HANDS 121
VII. THE TWO PRINCES 146
VIII. THE SPORT OF KINGS 167
IX. THE PUZZLING SIGNAL 186
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