CHAPTER I

A BTUTIT IN THE AFGHAN HILLS—AMANULLAH, " PEACE
OF GOD "—PRIESTS AS MENTORS—AN AFGHAN
WEDDING — THE GREAT WAR — " IF I WERE
KING. . ."......

CHAPTER II

A RULER'S DEATH, AND A YOUNG MAN'S IMPULSE—LIFE

WITH THE AFGHAN ARMY—SPORT IN THE WILD
HILLS—KABUL, COCKPIT OF THE EAST . . 30

CHAPTER III

AMANULLA1I LOOKS SOUTH—A SOLDIEH TRIES AN
AFGHAN TRICK—THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR--
BATTLE IN THE PLAINS—THE FIRST AFGHAN KING 47

CHAPTER IV

PRIEST AND PEASANT—FOREIGNERS IN THE "FOR-
BIDDEN LAND"—IN THE HEART OF "BLASTED
KABUL "—THE BIRTH OF A NATION ? 02

CHAPTER V

AN ENGLISH HOME IN THE WILDS—THE EAST GOES
WESTERN— NEW IDFALS AND NEW AMBITIONS™

THE RESTIVE MULLAHS.....77

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