tailieunhanh - From Capetown to Ladysmith

This morning I awoke, and behold the Norman was lying alongside a wharf at Capetown. I had expected it, and yet it was a shock. In this breathless age ten days out of sight of land is enough to make you a merman: I looked with pleased curiosity at the grass and the horses. After the surprise of being ashore again, the first thing to notice was the air. It was as clear--but there is nothing else in existence clear enough with which to compare it. You felt that all your life hitherto you had been breathing mud and looking out on the world through. | From Capetown to Ladysmith 1 From Capetown to Ladysmith The Project Gutenberg EBook of From Capetown to Ladysmith by G. W. Steevens This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War Author G. W. Steevens Editor Vernon Blackburn Release Date July 20 2005 EBook 16337 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FROM CAPETOWN TO LADYSMITH Produced by Jonathan Ingram Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http FROM CAPETOWN TO LADYSMITH AN UNFINISHED RECORD OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR BY . STEEVENS AUTHOR OF WITH KITCHENER TO KHARTUM IN INDIA ETC. ETC. EDITED BY VERNON BLACKBURN THIRD IMPRESSION WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCC BY THE SAME AUTHOR WITH KITCHENER TO KHARTUM. With 8 Maps and Plans. Twenty-first Edition. Crown 8vo 6s. This book is a masterpiece. Mr Steevens writes an English which is always alive and alert. The description of the battle of Omdurman reaches we do not hesitate to say the high-water mark of literature. IN INDIA. With a Map. Third Edition. Crown 8vo 6s. To read this book is a liberal education in one of the most interesting and least known portions of our Empire. --_St James s From Capetown to Ladysmith 2 THE LAND OF THE DOLLAR. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo 6s. One of the smartest books of travel which has appeared for a long time past. Brings the general appearance of Transatlantic urban and rural life so clearly before the mind s eye of the reader that a perusal of his work almost answers the purpose of a personal inspection. New York has probably never been more lightly and cleverly sketched. --_Daily WITH THE CONQUERING TURK. With 4 .