shment, _ibid._;
his views thereupon, 16;
some characteristic incidents, _ibid._;
what the people thought of him, _ibid._;
"Send us another Governor like Gordon," _ibid._;
his regular payments, 17;
his thoughtfulness, _ibid._;
summoned to Cairo, _ibid._;
appointed President of Financial Inquiry, 18;
his views of money, _ibid._;
acts with Lesseps, 19;
meets with foreign opposition, 20;
scene with Lesseps, 21;
scene with Major Evelyn Baring, _ibid._;
Gordon's financial proposal, 22;
last scenes with Khedive, 23;
Gordon's bold offer, _ibid._;
financial episode cost Gordon L800, 24;
his way of living, _ibid._;
leaves Cairo and visits Harrar, 25;
his finance in the Soudan, 25-6;
deals with Suleiman, 26 _et seq._;
takes the field in person, 30;
clears out Shaka, 31;
again summoned to Cairo, _ibid._;
proclaims Tewfik, _ibid._;
returns to Cairo, 32;
entrusted with mission to Abyssinia, _ibid._;
receives letter from King John, 33;
called "Sultan of the Soudan," _ibid._;
enters Abyssinia, 34;
goes to Debra Tabor, _ibid._;
interview with King John, _ibid._;
prevented returning to Soudan, 35;
his opinion of Abyssinia, _ibid._;
Khedive's neglect of, 36;
called "mad," _ibid._;
his work in the Soudan, 36-7;
goes to Switzerland, 38;
his opinion of wives, 38;
first meeting with King of the Belgians, 39;
offered Cape command, 40;
his memorandum on Eastern Question, 40-2;
accepts Private Secretaryship to Lord Ripon, 42;
regrets it, 43;
interview with Prince of Wales, _ibid._;
his letters about it, 44;
views on Indian topics, _ibid._;
sudden resignation, _ibid._;
the Yakoob Khan incident, 45-8;
invited to China, 49;
full history of that invitation, 49-50;
letter from Li Hung Chang, 49;
his telegrams to War Office, 50-1;
leaves for China, 51;
announces his intentions, 52;
what he discovered on arrival in China, 53;
ignores British Minister, _ibid._;
stays with Li Hung Chang, 55;
his reply to German Minister, 56;
his letter on Li, 57;
his advice to China, 58-61;
baffles intrigues and secures peace, 59;
further passages with War Office, 60;