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Title: Impressions of a War Correspondent

Author: George Lynch

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IMPRESSIONS OF A WAR CORRESPONDENT

by

GEORGE LYNCH

Author of "The War of the Civilizations"

[Illustration: _Photo Bassano_. _Frontispiece._ GEORGE LYNCH.]

[Illustration: Arms]

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