The first edition of this book is dated 1888. The edition used is dated 1888. The publisher was James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 21 Berners St., London. The number of pages is 425.

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Contents

Chapter I.
Hot Work in the Soudan.

Chapter II.
Shows some of the Consequences of the False Step, and introduces the Reader to Peculiar Company.

Chapter III.
The “Sailors’ Welcome”—Miles has a Night of it and Enlists—His Friend Armstrong has an Agreeable Surprise at the Soldiers’ Institute.

Chapter IV.
The Embarkation Jetty—And Nipped in the Bud.

Chapter V.
Difficulties met and overcome.

Chapter VI.
The Unfinished Letter—Too Late!

Chapter VII.
Miles begins to discover himself—Has a few Rough Experiences—And falls into Pea-Soup, Salt-Water, and Love.

Chapter VIII.
Has Reference to many Things connected with Mind, Matter, and Affections.

Chapter IX.
Our Hero meets a Friend unexpectedly in Peculiar Circumstances, and has a very Strange Encounter.

Chapter X.
Off to the Wars.

Chapter XI.
New and Sad mingled with Curious Experiences.

Chapter XII.
In Action at last.

Chapter XIII.
Tells of some of the Trials, Uncertainties, Dangers, and Disasters of War.

Chapter XIV.
Describes some of Osman Digna’s Eccentricities and Other Matters.

Chapter XV.
Athletics—A New Acquaintance turns up—An Expedition undertaken, followed by a Race for Life.

Chapter XVI.
Letters from Home—Flynn is Exalted and brought Low—Rumours of War in the Air.

Chapter XVII.
The Expedition—Enemy reported—Miles in a Dilemma.

Chapter XVIII.
Wherein are described an Assault, a Furious Fight, and some Strange Personal Encounters.

Chapter XIX.
Refers to Sergeant Hardy, Amytoor-Lawyer Sutherland, and other Matters.

Chapter XX.
Old Friends in New Aspects.

Chapter XXI.
Shows how the Lady of the Institute discourses to the Sergeant, how Jack-Tars go out on the Spree, and how Music Conquers Warriors.

Chapter XXII.
Led into Captivity.

Chapter XXIII.
Shows that Suffering tends to draw out Sympathy.

Chapter XXIV.
Adventures among the Soudanese, and Strange Meeting with the Mahdi.

Chapter XXV.
Miles is promoted—Molloy overthrows the Mahdi, and is elevated for so doing.

Chapter XXVI.
Cruel Treatment—Despair Followed by Hope and a Joyful Discovery.

Chapter XXVII.
In which Hopes and Fears rise and fall.

Chapter XXVIII.
A Horrible Situation.

Chapter XXIX.
Describes a few Meetings and several Surprises.

Chapter XXX.
Conclusion.

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