_ILLUSTRATIONS_
IN THE DARK ENTRANCE THERE APPEARED A FLAMING FIGURE _Frontispiece_
_To face page_
CITY MEN OUT ON ALL FOURS IN A FIELD COVERED WITHVEAL CUTLETS 16
"I'M THE KING OF THE CASTLE" 70
"I BRING HOMAGE TO MY KING" 104
MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR 190
KING AUBERON DESCENDED FROM THE OMNIBUS WITH DIGNITY 220
"A FINE EVENING, SIR," SAID THE CHEMIST 264
"WAYNE, IT WAS ALL A JOKE!" 296
BOOK I
_THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL_