tting the book speak for itself. To conclude therefore: there is
much to wade through, though it is all more or less relevant to the
progress of the story: some readers may like one part and some may
prefer another; and if the pruning-hook had once been introduced it
would have been difficult to decide what to leave and what to take,
or whether it would not be better to publish another volume of the
things pruned, since it had been determined to publish at all. But if
the reader will accomplish the wading to the end, there will he find
summed up in one simple paragraph the autobiographer's own ideas about
the merits of his work. May it be received in the same spirit as it is
sent forth!

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. Page

Starting in Life 1

CHAPTER II.

Enlisted and ordered Abroad 9

CHAPTER III.

The River Plate Expedition--Monte Video 16

CHAPTER IV.

The River Plate Expedition, continued--Colonia 26

CHAPTER V.

The River Plate Expedition, concluded--Buenos Ayres 35

CHAPTER VI.

The Peninsula, 1809--Vimeira--Lisbon 42

CHAPTER VII.

Talavera 51

CHAPTER VIII.

1810--Busaco 59

CHAPTER IX.

Torres Vedras 67

CHAPTER X.

1811--Pombal, Redinha, &c. 77

CHAPTER XI.

Siege of Badajoz--Albuera 87

CHAPTER XII.

1812--Ciudad Rodrigo 95

CHAPTER XIII.

Badajoz 107

CHAPTER XIV.

Invalided--Promotion 120

CHAPTER XV.

1813--Vittoria 131

CHAPTER XVI.

The Pyrenees--Villebar 143

CHAPTER XVII.

The Nive--Further Promotion 154

CHAPTER XVIII.

San Sebastian--Nivelle 167

CHAPTER XIX.

1814--Orthes--The Adour--Toulouse 175

CHAPTER XX.

End of the War