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_Title:_ The Si-Fan Mysteries
_Date of first publication:_ 1917
_Author:_ Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (as Sax Rohmer) (1883-1959)
_Date first posted:_ Mar. 26, 2022
_Date last updated:_ Mar. 26, 2022
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THE
SI-FAN MYSTERIES

BEING A NEW PHASE IN THE ACTIVITIES
OF FU-MANCHU, THE DEVIL DOCTOR

BY
SAX ROHMER

EIGHTH EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
_36 ESSEX STREET, W.C._
LONDON

_This Book was first published (Crown 8vo)_. . _May 3rd_ _1917_
_Second Edition_. . . . . . . . . _June_ _1918_
_Third Edition (F’cap 8vo)_. . . . . . _May_ _1919_
_Fourth Edition (F’cap 8vo)_. . . . . . _September_ _1920_
_Fifth Edition (F’cap 8vo)_. . . . . . _December_ _1921_
_Sixth and Cheaper Edition (Crown 8vo)_. . . _March_ _1923_
_Seventh Edition (Crown 8vo, Cheap Form)_. . . _July_ _1923_
_Eighth Edition (Crown 8vo, Cheap Form)_. . . _April_ _1924_

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

_CONTENTS_

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE TRAVELLER FROM TIBET. . . . 1
II. THE MAN WITH THE LIMP. . . . . 5
III. “SÂKYA MÛNI”. . . . . . . 8
IV. THE FLOWER OF SILENCE. . . . . 17
V. JOHN KI’S. . . . . . . . 24
VI. THE SI-FAN MOVE. . . . . . . 28
VII. CHINATOWN. . . . . . . . 31
VIII. ZARMI OF THE JOY-SHOP. . . . . 37
IX. FU-MANCHU. . . . . . . . 45
X. THE TÛLUN-NÛR CHEST. . . . . . 47
XI. IN THE FOG. . . . . . . . 51
XII. THE VISITANT. . . . . . . 55
XIII. THE ROOM BELOW. . . . . . . 60
XIV. THE GOLDEN POMEGRANATES. . . . . 65
XV. ZARMI REAPPEARS. . . . . . . 68
XVI. I TRACK ZARMI. . . . . . . 76
XVII. I MEET DR. FU-MANCHU. . . . . 79
XVIII. QUEEN OF HEARTS. . . . . . . 84
XIX. “ZAGAZIG”. . . . . . . . 90
XX. THE NOTE ON THE DOOR. . . . . 94
XXI. THE SECOND MESSAGE. . . . . . 100
XXII. THE SECRET OF THE WHARF. . . . . 104
XXIII. ARREST OF SAMARKAN. . . . . . 110
XXIV. CAFÉ DE L’EGYPTE. . . . . . 116
XXV. THE HOUSE OF HASHISH. . . . . 121
XXVI. “THE DEMON’S SELF”. . . . . . 124
XXVII. ROOM WITH THE GOLDEN DOOR. . . . 130
XXVIII. THE MANDARIN KI-MING. . . . . 138
XXIX. LAMA SORCERY. . . . . . . 143
XXX. MEDUSA. . . . . . . . . 149
XXXI. THE MARMOSET. . . . . . . 154
XXXII. SHRINE OF SEVEN LAMPS. . . . . 159
XXXIII. AN ANTI-CLIMAX. . . . . . . 165
XXXIV. GREYWATER PARK. . . . . . . 169
XXXV. THE EAST TOWER. . . . . . . 175
XXXVI. THE DUNGEON. . . . . . . . 181
XXXVII. THREE NIGHTS LATER. . . . . . 190
XXXVIII. THE MONK’S PLAN. . . . . . . 195
XXXIX. THE SHADOW ARMY. . . . . . . 199
XL. THE BLACK CHAPEL. . . . . . 206