Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAP. I EARLY RECOLLECTIONS
- CHAP. II UNDER THE JESUITS
- CHAP. III RECOLLECTIONS OF A STUDENT
- CHAP. IV WHALING IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
- CHAP. V MY VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA
- CHAP. VI MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE
- CHAP. VII MY START AT SOUTHSEA
- CHAP. VIII MY FIRST LITERARY SUCCESS
- CHAP. IX PULLING UP THE ANCHOR
- CHAP. X THE GREAT BREAK
- CHAP. XI SIDELIGHTS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES
- CHAP. XII NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND
- CHAP. XIII EGYPT IN 1896
- CHAP. XIV ON THE EDGE OF A STORM
- CHAP. XV AN INTERLUDE OF PEACE
- CHAP. XVI THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA
- CHAP. XVII DAYS WITH THE ARMY
- CHAP. XVIII FINAL EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA
- CHAP. XIX AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD'S OPINION
- CHAP. XX MY POLITICAL ADVENTURES
- CHAP. XXI THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS
- CHAP. XXII THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS (contd.)
- CHAP. XXIII SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE
- CHAP. XXIV SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF SPORT
- CHAP. XXV TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1914
- CHAP. XXVI THE EVE OF WAR
- CHAP. XXVII A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS
- CHAP. XXVIII EXPERIENCES ON THE BRITISH FRONT
- CHAP. XXIX EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
- CHAP. XXX EXPERIENCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT
- CHAP. XXXI BREAKING THE HINDENBURG LINE
- CHAP. XXXII THE PSYCHIC QUEST
CHAP. XVI - THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAP. I EARLY RECOLLECTIONS
- CHAP. II UNDER THE JESUITS
- CHAP. III RECOLLECTIONS OF A STUDENT
- CHAP. IV WHALING IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
- CHAP. V MY VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA
- CHAP. VI MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE
- CHAP. VII MY START AT SOUTHSEA
- CHAP. VIII MY FIRST LITERARY SUCCESS
- CHAP. IX PULLING UP THE ANCHOR
- CHAP. X THE GREAT BREAK
- CHAP. XI SIDELIGHTS ON SHERLOCK HOLMES
- CHAP. XII NORWOOD AND SWITZERLAND
- CHAP. XIII EGYPT IN 1896
- CHAP. XIV ON THE EDGE OF A STORM
- CHAP. XV AN INTERLUDE OF PEACE
- CHAP. XVI THE START FOR SOUTH AFRICA
- CHAP. XVII DAYS WITH THE ARMY
- CHAP. XVIII FINAL EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH AFRICA
- CHAP. XIX AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD'S OPINION
- CHAP. XX MY POLITICAL ADVENTURES
- CHAP. XXI THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS
- CHAP. XXII THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WARS (contd.)
- CHAP. XXIII SOME NOTABLE PEOPLE
- CHAP. XXIV SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF SPORT
- CHAP. XXV TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1914
- CHAP. XXVI THE EVE OF WAR
- CHAP. XXVII A REMEMBRANCE OF THE DARK YEARS
- CHAP. XXVIII EXPERIENCES ON THE BRITISH FRONT
- CHAP. XXIX EXPERIENCES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
- CHAP. XXX EXPERIENCES ON THE FRENCH FRONT
- CHAP. XXXI BREAKING THE HINDENBURG LINE
- CHAP. XXXII THE PSYCHIC QUEST
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- Memories and Adventures , pp. 152 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1924