AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF CHINA;" "ENGLAND AND RUSSIA IN CENTRAL
ASIA;" "LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK," ETC., ETC.

WITH PORTRAIT

VOLUME I

LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN

PATERNOSTER SQUARE

MDCCCXCVI

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General Gordon
from a photograph taken shortly after the crimea and lent by his niece, Miss Dunlop.