[Illustration: _Photo Bassano_. _Frontispiece._ GEORGE LYNCH.]
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London: George Newnes, Limited
Southampton Street, Strand, W.C.
MCMIII
"TO CARMELA"
CONTENTS
Page
I. The Dance of Death................................. 1
II. The Aftermath of War.............................. 15
III. Elandslaagte...................................... 31
IV. A Glimpse of our Gunners.......................... 49
V. In the Tents of the Boers......................... 58
VI. The Fellow that felt Afraid....................... 68
VII. The Dance of Death in China....................... 79
VIII. Certain Comparisons............................... 91
IX. The Crucifixion of Christianity in China......... 107
X. Ex Oriente Lux................................... 120
XI. Night in the City of Unrest...................... 132
XII. A Street in the City of Unrest................... 142
XIII. A Glimpse of a Southern City..................... 151
XIV. The Penalty of their Pace in the City of Unrest.. 158
XV. The Million-Master in the City of Unrest......... 166
XVI. The Woman who works in the City of Unrest........ 175
XVII. The Hou-men of the Dingy City.................... 185
XVIII. Tired............................................ 196
XIX. The City of Dumb Distances....................... 210
XX. The Land of the Evening Calm..................... 217
XXI. With Some Toilers of the Sea..................... 225