The Green Mummy

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 19 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• The Marsh Country of Gartley — the village, the fort, the river, and the lonely cottages.
• Gartley FortThe grey artillery fort by the river, Sir Frank Random's post — and the sentry-box where a great emerald is returned in secret.
• A Map of Connections — the lovers, the widow, the seekers of the emeralds.
• The Characters of the Green Mummy — the whole cast, in medallion.
• The Characters — of Gartley and the marsh, at full length.
• Professor Braddock — the Egyptologist.
• The Lovers on the Causeway — Archie and Lucy above the marsh.
• The Opened Case — the mummy gone, and the dead man in the straw.

This edition

Title

The Green Mummy

Author

Fergus Hume (1859–1932)

First published

1908

Illustrated plates

41 original artworks · 19 open to everyone

Chapters

27 · about 87,911 words

Reading time

5 h 52 min

Language

EN

Formats

Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription

Publisher

LitLab — The Illustrated Classics

On LitLab since

August 2026

Rights

Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.

Source text

Project Gutenberg #2868