| PREFACE | |
| Part One | |
| Chapter 1 | AN ENGLISH BOY'S HOME |
| Chapter 2 | THE INVADERS |
| Chapter 3 | ENGLAND'S PERIL |
| Chapter 4 | WHAT ENGLAND THOUGHT OF IT |
| Chapter 5 | THE GERMANS REACH LONDON |
| Chapter 6 | THE BOMBARDMENT OF LONDON |
| Chapter 7 | A CONFERENCE OF THE POWERS |
| Part Two | |
| Chapter 1 | IN THE BOY SCOUTS' CAMP |
| Chapter 2 | AN IMPORTANT ENGAGEMENT |
| Chapter 3 | A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE SITUATION |
| Chapter 4 | CLARENCE HEARS IMPORTANT NEWS |
| Chapter 5 | SEEDS OF DISCORD |
| Chapter 6 | THE BOMB-SHELL |
| Chapter 7 | THE BIRD |
| Chapter 8 | THE MEETING AT THE SCOTCH STORES |
| Chapter 9 | THE GREAT BATTLE |
| Chapter 10 | THE TRIUMPH OF ENGLAND |
| Chapter 11 | CLARENCE, THE LAST PHASE |
It may be thought by some that in the pages which follow I have painted in too lurid colours the horrors of a foreign invasion of England. Realism in art, it may be argued, can be carried too far. I prefer to think that the majority of my readers will acquit me of a desire to be unduly sensational. It is necessary that England should be roused to a sense of her peril, and only by setting down without flinching the probable results of an invasion can this be done. This story, I may mention, has