A VISIT TO THREE FRONTS

A DESERT DRAMA

The Tragedy of the Korosko

By A. Conan Doyle

With Thirty-Two Full-Page Illustrations By S. Paget

CONTENTS

PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
A DESERT DRAMA
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece P78
Titlepage
So You Will Carve Your Names Also P26
The Soudanese Escort Filed Along P54
He Pointed up With his Donkey-whip P66
A Silence Fell Upon the Little Company P72
Long String of Red-turbaned Riders, Frontispiece P78
You Do No Good by Exposing Yourself P86
He Struck at the Snarling Savages P 94
Fell Suddenly Upon his Face P97
The Party Streamed Into Sight Again P103
Don't Miss Your Grip of It P111
Looking for Some Landmark P124
He Rolled over on to his Side P130
Norah, Darling, Keep Your Heart up P135
They Haven't Hurt You, Norah, Have They P139
Hour of Arab Prayer P142
The Old Soldier Fell Forward Gasping P145
Certain That I Would Not Leave You Here P152
The Creature, Stood Still P171
The Great Caravan Route P 174
Sword in his Hand P184
Grimy Bodies Lay Senseless Under the Palm-trees P188
Took a Large, Shining Date out of the Moolah's Beard P210
Stand Up! Cried Mansoor P214
Don't Fret, John! Cried his Wife P217
The Colonel Was the Winner of This Terrible Lottery P222
Good-bye, Little Sadie P229
On This Pinnacle Stood a Motionless Figure P242
The Colonel Leaned Forward With his Pistol P247
You Haven't Got Such a Thing As A Cigar P253
Not a Word! Not A Word! P255
Arabs Were Caught Between Two Fires P261
He Delivered Them from Their Distress P273






SONGS OF THE ROAD

BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE



CONTENTS

I. — NARRATIVE VERSES AND SONGS
SONGS OF THE ROAD
A HYMN OF EMPIRE
SIR NIGEL'S SONG
THE ARAB STEED
A POST-IMPRESSIONIST
EMPIRE BUILDERS
THE GROOM'S ENCORE
THE BAY HORSE
THE OUTCASTS
THE END
1902-1909
THE WANDERER {1}
BENDY'S SERMON
II. — PHILOSOPHIC VERSES
COMPENSATION
THE BANNER OF PROGRESS
HOPE
RELIGIO MEDICI
MAN'S LIMITATION
MIND AND MATTER
DARKNESS
III — MISCELLANEOUS VERSES
A WOMAN'S LOVE
BY THE NORTH SEA
DECEMBER'S SNOW
SHAKESPEARE'S EXPOSTULATION
THE EMPIRE
A VOYAGE
THE ORPHANAGE
SEXAGENARIUS LOQUITUR
NIGHT VOICES
THE MESSAGE
THE ECHO
ADVICE TO A YOUNG AUTHOR
A LILT OF THE ROAD






THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

ITS CAUSE AND CONDUCT

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.THE BOER PEOPLE9
II.THE CAUSE OF QUARREL23
III.THE NEGOTIATIONS41
IV.SOME POINTS EXAMINED61
V.THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE73
VI.THE FARM-BURNING84
VII.THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS94
VIII.THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN SOUTH AFRICA107
IX.FURTHER CHARGES AGAINST BRITISH TROOPS123
X.THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION133
XI.CONCLUSIONS150






THE LAST OF THE LEGIONS AND OTHER TALES

A. CONAN DOYLE

CONTENTS

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IThe Last of the Legions9
IIThe Last Galley22
IIIThrough the Veil37
IVThe Coming of the Huns47
VThe Contest68
VIThe First Cargo83
VIIAn Iconoclast98
VIIIGiant Maximin112
IXThe Red Star141
XThe Silver Mirror158
XIThe Home-Coming177
XIIA Point of Contact202
XIIIThe Centurion215






THE GREAT KEINPLATZ EXPERIMENT AND OTHER TALES

By A. Conan Doyle

CONTENTS

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IThe Brown Hand9
IIThe Usher of Lea House School30
IIIB. 2451
IVThe Great Keinplatz Experiment72
VCyprian Overbeck Wells95
VIPlaying with Fire120
VIIThe Ring of Thoth139
VIIIThe Los Amigos Fiasco163
IXHow It Happened174
XLot No. 249179
XI"De Profundis"225
XIIThe Lift239






THE DEALINGS OF CAPTAIN SHARKEY

and Other Tales of Pirates

By A. Conan Doyle

CONTENTS

TALES OF PIRATES

ICaptain Sharkey: How the Governor of Saint Kitt's Came Home
IIThe Dealings of Captain Sharkey with Stephen Craddock
IIIThe Blighting of Sharkey
IVHow Copley Banks Slew Captain Sharkey
VThe "Slapping Sal"
VIA Pirate of the Land (One Crowded Hour)

TALES OF BLUE WATER

VIIThe Striped Chest
VIIIThe Captain of the "Polestar"
IXThe Fiend of the Cooperage
XJelland's Voyage
XIJ. Habakuk Jephson's Statement
XIIThat Little Square Box






THE MAN FROM ARCHANGEL

and Other Tales of Adventure

A. Conan Doyle

CONTENTS

TALES OF ADVENTURE

IDébut of Bimbashi Joyce
IIThe Surgeon of Gaster Fell
IIIBorrowed Scenes
IVThe Man from Archangel
VThe Great Brown-Pericord Motor
VIThe Sealed Room

TALES OF MEDICAL LIFE

VIIA Physiologist's Wife
VIIIBehind the Times
IXHis First Operation
XThe Third Generation
XIThe Curse of Eve
XIIA Medical Document
XIIIThe Surgeon Talks
XIVThe Doctors of Hoyland
XVCrabbe's Practice






THE CRIME OF THE CONGO
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