And now a word for my title. I have chosen it because when you ask an uneducated native of India why the Great Rebellion came to pass, he will, in nine cases out of ten, reply, "God knows! He sent a Breath into the World." From this to a Spirit moving on the face of the Waters is not far. For the rest I have tried to give a photograph--that is, a picture in which the differentiation caused by color is left out--of a time which neither the fair race or the dark race is ever likely to quite forget or forgive.
That they may come nearer to the latter is the object with which this book has been written.
F. A. STEEL.
CONTENTS.
[PREFACE] | |
[BOOK I.]Thistledown and Gossamer | |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | [Going! Going! Gone!] |
| II. | [Home, Sweet Home.] |
| III. | [The Great Gulf Fixed.] |
| IV. | [Tape And Sealing-Wax.] |
| V. | [Bravo!] |
| VI. | [The Gift of Many Faces.] |
[BOOK II.]The Blowing Of The Bubble. | |
| I. | [In the Palace.] |
| II. | [In the City.] |
| III. | [On the Ridge.] |
| IV. | [In the Village.] |
| V. | [In the Residency.] |
| VI. | [The Yellow Fakir.] |
| VII. | [The Word Went Forth.] |
[BOOK III.]From Dusk to Dawn. | |
| I. | [Night.] |
| II. | [Dawn.] |
| III. | [Daylight.] |
| IV. | [Noon.] |
| V. | [Sunset.] |
| VI. | [Dusk.] |
[BOOK IV.]"Such Stuff as Dreams are Made of." | |
| I. | [The Death-Pledge.] |
| II. | [Peace! Peace!] |
| III. | [The Challenge.] |
| IV. | [Bugles and Fifes.] |
| V. | [The Drum Ecclesiastic.] |
| VI. | [Vox Humana.] |
[BOOK V.]"There Arose a Man." | |
| I. | [Forward!] |
| II. | [Bits, Bridles, Spurs.] |
| III. | [The Beginning of the End.] |
| IV. | [At Last.] |
| V. | [Through the Walls.] |
| VI. | [Rewards and Punishments.] |
[BOOK VI.] | |