War's Brighter Side The Story of The Friend Newspaper Edited by the Correspondents with Lord Roberts's Forces, March-April, 1900

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Ralph, Julian, 1853-1903

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English

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DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

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South African War, 1899-1902 -- Periodicals

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39881

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Contents

1. 1.War's Brighter Side
2. 2.LETTER FROM EARL ROBERTS TO LORD STANLEY REGARDING "THE FRIEND."
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — WAR'S BRIGHTER SIDE
6. 6.CHAPTER I The Birth of "The Friend"
7. 7.CHAPTER II Its Infancy — I. Civil Population to be unmolested. — 6. Office of Departments. — 7. Supply Department. — 8. Divisions, Brigades, &c., where quartered. — FACTS AND OTHERWISE. — CANADIANS ON MAJUBA DAY. — PROCLAMATION TO THE BURGHERS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
8. 8.CHAPTER III We Publish a "Curio" Number — LINES BY RUDYARD KIPLING. MARCH 17, 1900. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. — THE STEYNLESS CITY. Loot News. — THE LATE PRESIDENCY. — TO MISS BLOEMFONTEIN. A LOVE LETTER. — A RECENT EXPERIENCE. — CORRESPONDENCE. CANADIANS ON MAJUBA DAY. BY MAJOR-GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN. — A COLONIAL HERO.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV We Begin To Feel at Home — PROCLAMATION. — I. Civil Population to be unmolested. — 1. Telegrams. — 2. Distinction. — NOTICE. — THE CONFESSIONS OF A HORSE-STEALER. — TO THE SOLDIERS' POET. BY B. CHARLES TUCKER. — A SERIOUS MATTER. BY PERCEVAL LANDON. — PROCLAMATION TO THE BURGHERS OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE.
10. 10.CHAPTER V Treating of Many Peoples — THE AUSTRALIAN CORRESPONDENT. BY F. WILKINSON. — MISS BLOEMFONTEIN'S ANSWER. TO MR. ENGLISHMAN—A LOVELESS LETTER. — Our Reply to the Lady. — JOINING HANDS WITH GATACRE AND CLEMENTS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI Ours was no Bed of Roses — RUDYARD KIPLING. EDITORIAL BY H. A. GWYNNE. — THE SOBEREST ARMY IN THE WORLD. BY H. A. GWYNNE. — CORRESPONDENCE. — "FED UP!" The Cavalryman's Growl. BY A. B. PATERSON. — MISS BLOEMFONTEIN. — THE GREAT RIDE. BY PERCEVAL LANDON.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII Rudyard Kipling, Associate Editor — PROCLAMATION. — A WARNING TO NATIVES. EXEMPLARY SENTENCES. — 1. Death of Commander-in-Chief in India. — 2. Amendment. — 3. Telegrams. — THE WEARY TREK. — GO TO —— STELLENBOSCH!!
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII Lord Roberts's Headquarters — POEM BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — MILITARY LAW. ( Editorial. ) — FACTS AND OTHERWISE. — THE PROMOTION OF BINKS. — SOLDIERS' BATTLES AND GENERALS' CAMPAIGNS. BY JAMES BARNES. — AN OFFICIAL DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX "Oh, How Good it Was!" — FABLES FOR THE STAFF. [2] King Log and King Stork. BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — I. — COMMANDEERING. — SIR WILLIAM LOCKHART. BY SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON, K.C.B. — THE QUARTERMASTER'S YARN. E. J. K. NEWMAN, LIEUT. R.N. — THE SECOND RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY. — IS THE ART OF WAR REVOLUTIONISED? BY H. A. GWYNNE. — 1.— Infantry. — FROM ENSLIN TO BOBSFONTEIN. BY H. PREVOST BATTERSBY. — G. W. STEEVENS. BY LIONEL JAMES. — SHOULD BEARDS BE WORN IN WAR?
15. 15.CHAPTER X I Visit Miss Bloemfontein — FABLES FOR THE STAFF. [5] The Elephant and the Lark's Nest. BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — II. — KOPJE-BOOK MAXIMS. [6] BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — MISS UITLANDER REPLIES TO MISS BLOEMFONTEIN. — CAPE MARKETS. — IS THE ART OF WAR REVOLUTIONISED? BY H. A. GWYNNE. — II.— Artillery. — THE NEW MACHINE GUN. — ADVICE TO AN OFFICER ON GOING TO THE WARS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI Our Very Mixed Public — BY THE EDITORS. — CONCERNING ACROSTICS. BY MAJOR-GENERAL SIR H. E. COLVILE. — TOWARDS WAR. BY L. D.-J. — KARREE SIDING. BY PERCEVAL LANDON. — DON'T. Advice to Looters. BY H. A. GWYNNE. — SMALL AMMUNITION.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII "Vive la Compagnie" — GOVERNMENT NOTICE. — PROCLAMATION. — SIR ALFRED MILNER. BY PERCEVAL LANDON. — "DRIVING THE OX." — FABLES FOR THE STAFF. [7] The Persuasive Pom-pom. BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — III. — THE MILITARY LETTER WRITER. Forms and Models. BY TWO OF THE EDITORS AND THE AUTHOR OF A GUIDE TO POLITE LETTER WRITING. — No. I. — No. II. — No. 3. THE GENERAL'S ANSWER. — UNITED WE STAND. BY TROOPER G. SIMES, F SQUADRON, ROBERTS' HORSE. — TEN-A-PENNY'S. [8] — PONT FILLED WITH BULLION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII We Leave "The Friend" to See a Fight — GOVERNMENT NOTICE. — FABLES FOR THE STAFF. [9] Vain Horses. BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — IV. — A BIRTHDAY GREETING. [10] (29th March.) BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. — A REALISTIC COMEDY. — THE "N.C.O." — IS THE ART OF WAR REVOLUTIONISED? BY. H. A. GWYNNE. — III.— Cavalry.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV My Horse Offered For Sale — LORD ROBERTS AND THE LATE GENERAL JOUBERT. Lord Roberts' Telegram of Sympathy. — GENERAL JOUBERT. [12] (Died March 27, 1900.) BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — (Editorial.) DEATH OF GENERAL JOUBERT. — FABLES FOR THE STAFF. [13] BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — V. — A BRAVE CANADIAN. — THE EMPIRE'S DEFENDERS. BY B. CHARLES TUCKER. — THE SILENT ARMY. BY A. E. C. — GRUMBLES FROM THE RANKS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV General Pole-Carew in War — FABLES FOR THE STAFF. [14] BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — VI. — KOPJE-BOOK MAXIMS. BY RUDYARD KIPLING, PERCEVAL LANDON, AND A. H. GWYNNE. — PRICES IN BLOEMFONTEIN. — SONS OF BRITAIN. BY W. BLELOCH. — ORANGE PEEL. — "THE BRAVEST DEED."
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI Our Loss and the Army's — A SONG OF THE WHITE MEN. [15] BY RUDYARD KIPLING. — RUDYARD KIPLING. ( Editorial. ) — THE LATE COLONEL HON. G. GOUGH. BY BENNET BURLEIGH. — FOR FREEDOM'S CAUSE. BY TROOPER G. SIMES, ROBERTS' HORSE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII The Censor As an Editor — A LESSON LEARNED. BY LORD STANLEY. — POOR OLD CRONJE. — REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE. — PROCLAMATION.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII Our Christening Competition — TO THE INHABITANTS OF BLOEMFONTEIN. Notice. — PROCLAMATION. — "THE RUSSIANS CAPTURE LONDON." BY H. A. GWYNNE. — CAUGHT BY THE BOERS. — ENTERIC FEVER. BY AN ARMY SURGEON.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX Fooled by the Boers — NOTICE. — PROCLAMATION. — SOLDIERS OF THE QUEEN. BY FRED EYRE, YORKSHIRE GREEN HOWARDS. — NEVO! — JOKES TO BURN. — ARMY TEMPERANCE. BY CHAPLAIN T. F. FAULKNER. — VOICES FROM OVER THE SEA. BY G. SIMES, OF ROBERTS'S HORSE. — RECENT ENGAGEMENTS. BY MR. LIONEL JAMES. — I. — RICOCHETS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX Dr. A. Conan Doyle Contributes — TAKEN FROM THE OFFICE OF "THE FRIEND." — NOTICE. — THAT V.C. BY A. B. PATERSON. — TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FREE STATE. BY MESSRS. KIPLING AND RALPH. — A FIRST IMPRESSION. [17] BY A. CONAN DOYLE. — THE MODERATE DRINKER'S LAMENT. BY MARK THYME. ( From the Household Brigade Magazine. ) WITH APOLOGIES TO RUDYARD KIPLING.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI Loot and Lurid Crazes — COL. DE VILLEBOIS-MAREUIL. BY MR. H. A. GWYNNE. — A BALLADE OF TEN-A-PENNY. BY J. H. M. A. — HOW THE CALF WAS AVENGED. BY LEONARDITE, 82ND BTY., R.F.A. — 'ORSE OR FUT? BY MARK THYME. ( A Song of the Household Brigade. ) — HAS THE WAR JUST BEGUN?
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII In the Shadow of Sanna's Post — BOER PLANS AND VIEWS. — Observations on the Present War. BY CAPTAIN I. D. ( A Translation. ) — RECENT ENGAGEMENTS. BY LIONEL JAMES. — II. Corne Drift. — BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS. A Recipe. BY MARK THYME. — THEY WANT MORE OF TOMMY. BY W. T. R.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII A Complete Newspaper — NOTICE. — OLD FRIENDS. — BRAVE YOUNG HIGHLANDERS.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV False Hearts around us — MARRIED. — NOTICE. — THE CIRCULATION OF "THE FRIEND." — WE APOLOGIZE. — THE WAR ARTIST OF TO-DAY. BY H. OWEN SCOTT.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV The End Approaches — NOTICE. — SOCIETY'S DOINGS. BY H. A. GWYNNE. — SOCIALISM IN VERSE. BY MARK THYME. — "SMART." BY MARK THYME. — OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI Wanted, a Millionaire — PROCLAMATION. — OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. — THE ABSENT-BODIED BURGHER. BY A. B. PATTERSON. — THE WAR ARTIST OF TO-DAY. — CHESTNUTTY—BUT GOOD. — Circulation, April 11, 5,500. — DOTS OR NO DOTS. All about the New Stamp Issue. BY MORTIMER MENPES.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII A Notable Number — SICK AND WOUNDED PRISONERS. — MY COMRADES' CONVERSATION. (ANONYMOUS.) — GLEANINGS FROM GREAT MINDS. BY H. A. GWYNNE. — OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY. No. 3. DR. A. CONAN DOYLE. — ANOTHER LETTER HOME. BY CAPTAIN CECIL LOWTHER. — RATION SCALE. Get all you can but don't take less. — HUNGRY BLOEMFONTEIN. BY J. W. JENKINS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII Our "Friend" no Longer — "OUR FRIEND" NO LONGER BY JULIAN RALPH — OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY No. 4. LIEUT.-GENERAL POLE-CAREW, C.B. — THE WAR ARTIST OF TO-DAY BY H. C. SHELLEY. — CORRESPONDENCE. " Who Stole the Cart? " — WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERT.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX Adieu to "The Friend"
35. 35.INDEX
36. 36.Messrs. C. Arthur Pearson's List of Announcements
37. 37.Notes

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