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PRICE ONI SHILLING . ^ 3 Second Edition . To be had at aix Booksellers' and Railway Bookstalls . i T TlFI 1 H 11 ^ T ) d ^ ¦ ¦ \ T -TX * " -H vl ^ ' fll . - ' 5 ^^!! & ¦ - 1 - !!! . ' - ^ -: ' WRITTEN DURING THE SIEGE . BY THE LATE FRANK POWER , H . B . M . ' s Acting-Consul , Correspondent for THE TIMES , & c . Fcp . 8 vo . fancy boards , with Facsimile of Gordon's Telegram ( in Arabic ) to Power . Price One Shilling . OPINIONS OF THE JPIfcES ^ . THE TIMES . — ' Ifc is impossible in a brief notice to convey any adequate idea of the profound utter interest ance of these a br simp ave le man and familiar a cheer letters y nature . They , place were d in not circu written msta for nces effect of privation . They are and the hardshi spontaneous p , of writing difficulty to amuse as and and if he danger entertain were , but happy him in , contented io a strange only , to and cheer l of distant s those pirits country , he and loved . surrounded b « y . making We here onl li y g close wit ht o h f our enoug all extracts his h of tro ub from ci les tement , this and ma dee n p ly interesting and hic little recor volume d of some . " We of the cannot earl do ier better and li than hter recomm isod end es in it to t our readers dwhich as cannot the simp but le , touch y , the conscienc grap e , even while it stirs the pride of Englishmen gep . ' ragey grap THE hic accounts ST . JAMES of the condition 'S GAZETTE of the . country —' The and letters the habits are in and every occupations way interesting of its inhabitants , abounding . ' in THE DAILY CHRONICLE . —* After reading these letters it appears more wonderful than ever how General Gordon was able to hold his ground in Khartoum so long as he did . ' THE WHITEHALL REVIEW . — ' Interesting in themselves as the unofficial correspondence of regarding a skilled professional which everyone writer i % , desirous these " Letters to learn from all details Khartoum . .. " . are Of doubl course y absorbing the most engrossing as relating to passages events j . six are months those regarding . ' General Gordon , whose intimate companionship the author enjoyed for more than ' i copy THE of the PICTORIAL late Mr . Frank WORLD Power . — ' s ' le If tters you from desire that to get arcadia a glimpse ( sic ) , of which Khartoum Sampson as it Low was & , ob Co ta . in are I publishing to-day ( April 2 nd ) in exchange for the Queen's shilling . ' better THE than LONDON read the ' FIGARO Letters fr . — om ' Peop Khartou le who m , " want written to knoy during more the of siege Gordon , by the 's real late character Mr . Frank cannot Power do . also This shows intensely that interes Power ti himself ng little was book made helps of the to reveal right mettle the secret . His of friends Gordon knew 's magnetic that , but influence the public , and will it like to have their impression fully confirmed . ' written THE by CIVI H . M L . ' s SERVICE Acting-Consul GAZETTE in Khartoum . — 'A , and most correspondent melancholy for interest the Times attaches * during to thes the e period letters of , ' down the 1 st August captivity the Nile , 1883 of which General , to the terminated Gordon 10 th September , with himself thei , , r and 1884 murder Colonel , when . These he Stewart letters left with in were that Colonel written ill-fated Stewart hurriedl city on —that their to relatives is , expedition from and the in friends Khartoum without , , which an intention cast lurid of li publication ght on the situation ; but they of are affairs full generall of observation y in the and Soudan descri y . ' ptions of events 1883 THE and 1 IRISH 8184 , by TIMES Mr . Frank . —' Power These , grap the able hic and and interesting indefatigable letters correspondent were written to whom from we Khartou are indebted m , in for the only independent accounts of the state of affairs in Khartoum , during its memorable siege . They righ ^ ere tly hastil judged y written that so in interesting homely and a familiar record , albeit style not to intended members by of the Mr writer . Power for ' s any own eyes famil but y , their who own have , Bhould not be withheld from the world / , | ' iLondon : SAMPSON Crown LOW Buildings , MAKSTON , 188 'Eleet , SE Street ARLE , E . O , & BIVINGTON , |

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