Chapter 2

CHAP. PAGE

I. BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE 1

II. THE CRIMEA, DANUBE, AND ARMENIA 16

III. THE CHINA WAR 45

IV. THE TAEPING REBELLION 61

V. THE EVER-VICTORIOUS ARMY 78

VI. GRAVESEND AND GALATZ 127

VII. THE FIRST NILE MISSION 141

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL GORDON, TAKEN SOON AFTER THE CRIMEA _Frontispiece_

HOUSE IN WHICH GENERAL GORDON WAS BORN _To face page_ 16

THE LIFE OF GORDON.