| PAGE |
| CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | [ix] |
| INTRODUCTION | [1] |
| CHAPTER I |
| PAGE |
| The Growth of the Transvaal | [13] |
| The Boer Character | [15] |
| Some Domestic Traits | [18] |
| CHAPTER II |
| PAGE |
| The Orange Free State | [24] |
| The Grondwet | [26] |
| Transvaal Dissensions | [29] |
| Zulu Disturbances | [30] |
| The Political Web | [33] |
| The Web Thickening | [36] |
| The Zulu War | [38] |
| Isandlwana | [40] |
| Affairs at Home | [43] |
| Towards Ulundi | [49] |
| The Victory | [57] |
| CHAPTER III |
| PAGE |
| Sir Garnet Wolseley at Pretoria | [62] |
| Gladstone out of Office and in Office | [65] |
| Commencement of Rebellion | [69] |
| The Fate of Captain Elliot | [73] |
| Laing's Nek | [77] |
| Ingogo | [84] |
| Majuba | [86] |
| The Siege of Pretoria | [95] |
| Retrocession | [99] |
| The Betrayed Loyalists | [101] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| PAGE |
| The Conventions | [106] |
| Mr. Kruger | [110] |
| Germans and Uitlanders | [114] |
| CHAPTER V |
| PAGE |
| Mr. Rhodes | [118] |
| Rhodesia—Uncivilised | [120] |
| Rhodesia—Civilised | [124] |
| Gold | [127] |
| Diamonds | [131] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| PAGE |
| The Transvaal of To-day | [136] |
| Accumulated Aggravations | [138] |
| Monopolies and Abuses | [143] |
| The Franchise | [146] |
| The Reform Movement | [149] |
| The Critical Moment | [153] |
| The Raid | [156] |
| After Doornkop | [172] |
| The Fate of the Miscreants | [177] |
| The Ultimatum | [178] |
| APPENDIX—Conventions of 1881 and 1884 | [191], [197] |