CONTENTS

PART I.—THE DESCENT
CHAPTERPAGE
I.In the Making[3]
II.At the Water's Edge[12]
III.An Interlude[17]
IV.The Launching[29]
V.A Journalist's Equipment[41]
VI.A Journalist's Surroundings[53]
VII.A Girl and Her Faith[66]
VIII.A Stirring Week[78]
IX.A Step Down[90]
X.Facilis Descensus Averni[101]
XI.Morning Callers[111]
XII.Saturday Night in London[121]
XIII.The Demonstration in Hyde Park[131]
XIV.The News[143]
XV.Sunday Night in London[153]
XVI.A Personal Revelation[163]
XVII.One Step Forward[168]
XVIII.The Dear Loaf[177]
XIX.The Tragic Week[188]
XX.Black Saturday[198]
XXI.England Asleep[208]
PART II.—THE AWAKENING
I.The First Days[221]
II.Ancient Lights[228]
III.The Return to London[237]
IV.The Conference[243]
V.My Own Part[257]
VI.Preparations[262]
VII.The Sword of the Lord[271]
VIII.The Preachers[291]
IX.The Citizens[301]
X.Small Figures on a Great Stage[312]
XI.The Spirit of the Age[317]
XII.Blood Is Thicker than Water[330]
XIII.One Summer Morning[338]
XIV."For God, Our Race, and Duty"[343]
XV."Single Heart and Single Sword"[352]
XVI.Hands Across the Sea[360]
XVII.The Penalty[366]
XVIII.The Peace[374]
XIX.The Great Alliance[383]
XX.Peace Hath Her Victories[389]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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"I saw that Queen of Ancient Britons at the
Head of Her Wild, Shaggy Legions"		[Frontispiece]
The Roaring City[40]
"Rivers ushered in Miss Constance Grey"[114]
"I was on My Knees and Kissing the Nerveless
Hand"		[212]

PART I
THE DESCENT

Non his juventus orta parentibus infecit aequor sanguine Punico.—Horace.