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Preface
List of Tai-Ping wangs or chiefs
List of leading events
List of engagements between the Tai-Pings and disciplined imperialists, 1862-64
Part I. The Origin of the Rebellion: 1. The principles of the Chinese state
2. Preparations for Tai-Pingdom
3. The Tien Wang and its history up to 1860
Part II. Our Collision with the Rebels: 4. Revival of the rebellion, and its conflict with foreigners
5. Tai-Ping reverses in the Yangtsze Valley, and a change of policy at Peking
6. Allied operations round Shanghai in 1862
7. Captain Dew's operations in Chekiang
Part III. Colonel Gordon's Campaign: 8. The organisation of Gordon's force
9. Gordon's first victories
10. Burgevine's history and fate
11. The fall of Soochow, and the execution of its wangs
12. Gordon's further operations
13. The dissolution of Gordon's force, and a review of its results
14. The medical arrangements of Gordon's force
Part IV. The End of the Tai-Pings: 15. A visit to Tseng Kwo-Fan - sketches of native and English officials in China
16. The fall of Nanking and the last struggles of the Tai-Pings
17. Nien-Fei and Mohammedan rebels
18. The present and future of China
Appendices.
