CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I INTRODUCTION [ 1 ]
II EARLY LIFE AND CRIMEAN WAR [ 12 ]
III CHINESE WAR AND TAIPING REBELLION [ 25 ]
IV GORDON'S FIRST COMMAND [ 36 ]
V PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION [ 50 ]
VI END OF THE REBELLION [ 65 ]
VII AT GRAVESEND [ 80 ]
VIII GORDON'S SIMPLE FAITH [ 92 ]
IX HIS CATHOLICITY [ 114 ]
X GOVERNOR OF THE EQUATORIAL PROVINCE [ 135 ]
XI GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE SOUDAN [ 157 ]
XII ABYSSINIA, INDIA, AND CHINA [ 178 ]
XIII MAURITIUS, CAPE, AND PALESTINE [ 190 ]
XIV KHARTOUM [ 209 ]
XV THE SIEGE [ 230 ]
XVI THE FALL OF KHARTOUM [ 246 ]
XVII CONCLUSION [ 263 ]