CONTENTS PAGE Pkeface . 5 Chap. I.—The First Shot . 9 II.—Why England is Fighting. 11 III. —Tel-el-Kebir. . 15 IV. —Internal Reforms. 19 V.—The Soudan . 22 VI.—The Mahdi. 29 VII.—Slain in the Desert. 34 VIII.—More Disasters . 37 IX.—The Call for Gordon. 39 X.—“I Will Save the Honour of Egypt”. 41 XI.—At Khartoum . 45 XII.—Still Further Reverses. 48 XIII. —El Teb. 50 XIV. —What Gordon is Doing . 53 XV.—Problems . 57 XVI.—England Roused. 58 XVII.—A Medley ... 62 XVIII.-“ What Shall We Do?”. 66 XIX.—How to Get There. 71 XX.—The Voy'ageurs. 76 XXI.—The Camel Corps . 80 XXII.—The Beleaguered City and Its Three Defenders. 85 XXIII.—Relative Distances of Important Places. 89 XXIV.—The Toilers of the Nile . 94 XXV.—Left Alone. 100 XXVI.—The Horrors of the Desert. 103 XXVII.—Abu Klea and Abu Kru . 107 XXVIII.—Too Late. 115 XXIX.—The Journey Back. 118 XXX.—What Now ?. 120 Biographical Sketches. 121-137 180739