Category: Adventure
Chinese Custom-houses.--Attempts at Extortion.--An Adventure.--Ruse de Guerre.--Its Success.--Peace Negotiations.--Their abrupt Termination.--The Plot thickens.--A Companion in Misfortune.--Negotiations renewed.--Their Failure.--Hostilities.--Critical Position.--Danger increas...
Kar-sing-foo.--Christmas in Ti-pingdom.--Works of Art.--Dangerous Companions.--Narrow Escape.--Retribution.--Adieu to Ti-pingdom.--Mr. White's Case.--The Neutrality Ordnance.--O...
25. CHAPTER XXVI.Results of British Policy.--Its Effect on Trade.--The Inspectorate System.--The Tien-tsin Treaty.--Present State of China.--Rebellion in the Ascendant.--Proposed Remedy.--The Ma...
24. CHAPTER XXV.Operations Resumed.--Attack on Kin-tang.--The Battle of the Brickbats.--Ti-ping Success.--Active Operations.--Manoeuvring.--Hang-chow Invested.--Fall of Kar-sing-foo.--Gordon's...
17. CHAPTER XVIII.Earl Russell's Despatch.--Its Effect.--"Taking the Offensive."--Official Reports.--General Staveley.--Attacks the Ti-pings.--General Ward.--Hope and Ward repulsed.--Che-poo atta...
19. CHAPTER XX.Ti-ping Disasters.--The Vampyre Fleet.--Important Letters.--Mr. Roberts's Case.--Mr. Consul Harvey.--Letters continued.--Misrepresentations.--Anti-Ti-ping Meeting.--The Sherrard...
22. CHAPTER XXIII.Renewed Attempt.--Its Success.--Narrow Escape.--British Interference.--How explained.--Its Failure.--The _Coup de Main_ succeeds.--Groundless Alarm.--Route to Soo-chow.--Its Dif...
15. CHAPTER XVI.Hang-chow.--Ti-pings approach Shanghae.--Their Reception.--The _Casus Belli_.--The First Blow.--Fillibuster Ward.--Admiral Hope's Exploits.--Captures Hsiun-tang.--The Consequenc...
20. CHAPTER XXI.Personal Narrative continued.--Mr. Lobschied.--His Reception at Nankin.--Press Publications.--Mr. Lobschied leaves Nankin.--Operations before Tait-san.--The Assault.--Act of Bra...
21. CHAPTER XXII.On the Wong-poo River.--Ningpo Sam.--The _China_.--Her passengers.--The Ta-hoo Lake.--Its Scenery.--The Canals of Central China.--General Burgevine.--Soo-chow.--Deserters.--Burg...
18. CHAPTER XIX.A Double Wedding.--Its Celebration.--The Honeymoon.--Its Interruption.--Warlike Preparations.--Soong-kong Invested.--General Ching's Despatch.--Tsing-poo Recaptured.--Ti-ping Se...
16. CHAPTER XVII.On board the _Williamette_.--Blockade running.--Arrival at Nankin.--Solemn Thanksgiving.--Domestic Arrangements.--Phillip's Wife.--The Wooing.--The Dowry.--The Wedding.--Trade e...
14. CHAPTER XV.Chinese Custom-houses.--Attempts at Extortion.--An Adventure.--Ruse de Guerre.--Its Success.--Peace Negotiations.--Their abrupt Termination.--The Plot thickens.--A Companion in...
13. CHAPTER XXVI.Results of British Policy.--Its Effect on Trade.--The Inspectorate System.--The Tien-tsin Treaty.--Present State of China.--Rebellion in the Ascendant.--Proposed Remedy.--The Ma...
7. CHAPTER XX.Ti-ping Disasters.--The Vampyre Fleet.--Important Letters.--Mr. Roberts's Case.--Mr. Consul Harvey.--Letters continued.--Misrepresentations.--Anti-Ti-ping Meeting.--The Sherrard...
11. CHAPTER XXIV.Kar-sing-foo.--Christmas in Ti-pingdom.--Works of Art.--Dangerous Companions.--Narrow Escape.--Retribution.--Adieu to Ti-pingdom.--Mr. White's Case.--The Neutrality Ordnance.--O...
12. CHAPTER XXV.Operations Resumed.--Attack on Kin-tang.--The Battle of the Brickbats.--Ti-ping Success.--Active Operations.--Manoeuvring.--Hang-chow invested.--Fall of Kar-sing-foo.--Gordon's...
8. CHAPTER XXI.Personal Narrative continued.--Mr. Lobschied.--His Reception at Nankin.--Press Publications.--Mr. Lobschied leaves Nankin.--Operations before Tait-san.--The Assault.--Act of Bra...
5. CHAPTER XVIII.Earl Russell's Despatch.--Its Effect.--"Taking the Offensive."--Official Reports.--General Staveley.--Attacks the Ti-pings.--General Ward.--Hope and Ward repulsed.--Che-poo atta...
10. CHAPTER XXIII.Renewed Attempt.--Its Success.--Narrow Escape.--British Interference.--How explained.--Its Failure.--The _coup de main_ succeeds.--Groundless Alarm.--Route to Soo-chow.--Its Dif...
9. CHAPTER XXII.On the Wong-poo River.--Ningpo Sam.--The _China_.--Her Passengers.--The Ta-hoo Lake.--Its Scenery.--The Canals of Central China.--General Burgevine.--Soo-chow.--Deserters.--Burg...
3. CHAPTER XVI.Hang-chow.--Ti-pings approach Shanghae.--Their Reception.--The _Casus Belli._--The First Blow.--Filibuster Ward.--Admiral Hope's Exploits.--Captures Hsiun-tang.--The Consequence...
6. CHAPTER XIX.A Double Wedding.--Its Celebration.--The Honeymoon.--Its Interruption.--Warlike Preparations.--Soong-kong invested.--General Ching's Despatch.--Tsing-poo recaptured.--Ti-ping Se...
2. CHAPTER XV. PAGEChinese Custom-houses.--Attempts at Extortion.--An Adventure.--Ruse de Guerre.--Its Success.--Peace Negotiations.--Their abrupt Termination.--The Plot thickens.--A Companion in...
4. CHAPTER XVII.On Board the _Williamette_.--Blockade running.--Arrival at Nankin.--Solemn Thanksgiving.--Domestic Arrangements.--Phillip's Wife.--The Wooing.--The Dowry.--The Wedding.--Trade e...
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