Recollections of the eventful life of a soldier
BY THE LATE
JOSEPH DONALDSON,
SERGEANT IN THE NINETY-FOURTH SCOTS BRIGADE.
‘I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver—
Of moving accidents by flood and field,
Of hair-breadth ’scapes i’ the imminent deadly breach,
And with it all my travel’s history.’
Shakspeare.
‘The romance of real life certainly goes beyond all other romances.’
Miss Edgeworth.
NEW EDITION.
LONDON AND GLASGOW: RICHARD GRIFFIN & COMPANY. 1859.
Joseph Donaldson
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INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.
AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XI.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CONCLUSION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER I.
THE RETURN.
CHAPTER II.
PARTY SPIRIT.
CHAPTER III.
ARREARS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV.
COLONEL LLOYD.
CHAPTER V.
MY NATIVE LAND.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
STORY OF WILLIAM.
THE INTERVIEW.
CHAPTER VII.
THE MOTHER’S STORY.
THE COQUET.
CHAPTER VIII.
DENNIS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IX.
CHANGE OF QUARTERS.
CHAPTER X.
DETACHMENT.
CHAPTER XI.
EUGENE M’CARTHY.
CHAPTER XII.
THE VILLAGE SCHOOL.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIII.
AN AFFECTING SCENE.
CHAPTER XIV.
MARY.
CHAPTER XV.
A DRUNKEN FROLIC.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE DESERTER.
CHAPTER XVII.
LIKENESSES.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVIII.
STORY OF RESTON.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIX.
A LETTER.
CHAPTER XX.
MY FATHER’S LAST HOURS.
Transcriber’s Notes
