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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st June 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 613

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      whom , we must now be depemJenrt for the rest of our existence as an independent maritime

      nation . How long or ho ^ f short a time i % may be now before the crash conies is not easy to say ;

      but we are ripe to fall to-morrow if the shock is given by Franceor a possible Russian

      combination . All over , the world the superiority of the probable enemy in ships and men is

      patent our own to shi the most are superficial manned observer bforei , while . ps y gners

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      the right men , . '

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      ^_^^^^^^^^*^^ The Campaign Of The Cata-

      ^_^^^^^^^^*^^ THE CAMPAIGN OF THE

      CATARACTS . * The futile expedition sent out by the

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      been well historiographed by various active have partici seen pants 0 the in the ' Itiver operations Column of ' by war Colonel . We

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      valuable - ^ m * - ^^ ^^ . v - ^^ r ^^ m information " - ^^^ r ^^^ w- ^^ ~^ r ^^— - ^^ , ^ m v m respecting — - — the p ^^ ^ m heroic efforts of one of the best equipped and best

      selected forces which ever left the shores of fe ^ Eng have land Colonel . And Sir now W . we F . ^

      ^^^^^ v Butler ' s account of a lll ! ^ lK '^ PS ||| SK Kt \\ \ db ^ most H exciting t hostilities Great ^ e author Lone part . " of Land of ' That The the > 4 Y Ifc ^^ ^ P TO K ^^^ -H S shoul narrative d invest 1 with the

      be special understood way , is peculiarl bthose y his who own have , will read at once his revious y

      advantage previoup p works works of being . . The The illustrated new new book book by . , Lad too too y . , has has Butler the th « , whose military ictures have taken a distinct

      p plac they e have in the broug school ht into of Eng existence lish art a ; new in fact de- ,

      partment of artistic study in the modern painting of this country . The \ military

      pic-— , j tive * jj of The the Campaign great Nile of the Expediti Cataracts on of \ being 1884- a 5 , personal by Oplouel narra Sir

      -» v . . jouwer , K . u . JB . London : Sampson JLow , Marston < Sc Uo .

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      instance instance tures supplied win will . be oe by examinea examined Lady Butler wita with in , renewed renewea the . present in in--r > ;

      terest , seeing , that they depict , scenes of . savage , , warfare . As such they indeed seem to be very careful studies . ,

      The story told by Sir W . F . Butlerl opens at an early period ; as a matter of fact , at the

      moment when the possibility of sending an expedition into the Soudan was yet problematical . Therefore we find a considerable

      amount ment and of organisation O information . of respecting the Army of the the equi Nile p- ,

      tasks which called into action the astuteness and ability of many of the leading military tacticians of this country . What progress was

      made by that powerful force is well known to the people generally . Books which relate the leading incidents of the campaign are uncalled

      for , unless they are intended to preserve the story in convenient form for history ' s sake .

      a When real , individuality however , a book in observation of -- this character thoug has ht

      and expression — — -- , it never ^ fail — s to tak e , - its proper - g- ^ , p lace in literature—not as a dry record , but as 1

      a work that gives fuel to intellectual fire . Ho ^ far Colonel Butler manifests this quality is exemplified by his rendering of the familiar

      story of General Gordon ' s earlier efforts in the Soudan : — ¦

      »( 'Eleven years ago there started from Englandona mission of civilisationconquest

      , ^ , and then slave held -trade foremost -suppression lace , a man who the , brave even ; , p among

      hearts and noble souls of his generation . 'No need to tell his story now ; the blow

      which cut short his life has stamped his memory deep upon the minds of his countrymen .

      ' Cast in the prime of fighting life into the wide sea of Soudan misery , Gordon struck jmt

      in the years between 1874 and 1880 as a man would strik A e who b , in the H A darkness of midni K ght , ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ ^

      found himself assailed by numerous foes . 4 He flew from Abyssinia to Darfourfrom

      Suakim to the great lakes . He fought , Negro against ArabArab against Negro . One day

      he allied _ himself , with f ^ i some — noted ^^ i ^ % — slave king ; the i ^^ ^^^»—w - ^ next ~_— __ , -j he — _— was , v —w — - ^ surrounding _ — — -- - — — — — — ^^ ^^^^ B this — — slaver — — ' s —

      strong capital hold . He and promoted thundering , dismissed at his , rewarded stockaded ,

      or executed with despotic power , but with strict impartiality . His matchless energy gave him the mobility of twenty leaders . Like

      down Napoleon his , staff he distanced by the rap his idity escorts iof , his and move broke - ments . He crossed deserts as though , his

      camel had the wings of the Simoom . He upset all tables *~_ ' the of old Mecca i ¦ traditions law by , supporting and overturned the Negro the

      ¦ against and - ^^ ^^ - ^ m - _ for - r - _ - ~^_ - the the rw- Arab w — first - ^ — — , the time - - slave m in - — I its against long the misery master the K _ ^ M , Soudan beheld strength and justice united in

      the hand of Government . All this went on for six years—the slave-trade was checked , the

      most noted traders were destroyed or driven of of out Ni ; rriver iver but it bv by was the the the sudden sudden check fall tall given of ot an an to the avalanche avalanche current : ;

      Hie thoug Ibdb ^ ' tide ^» ht *¦»!¦• , of stopped chan hfc nels for soon e ¦¦»¦¦¦ ^ time to submerge - , r broke r t mk into all f land mmmtm un - -

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 1, 1887, page 613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01061887/page/7/