'The real Stalky, General Dunsterville, who is so delightful a character that the fictitious Stalky must at times feel jealous of him as a rival..In the war he proved his genius in the Dunster Force adventure and in this book he shows that he possesses another kind of genius – the genius of comic self-revelation and burbling anecdote. And the whole story is told in a vain of comedy that would have done credit to Charles Lever' The Observer
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L. L. Dunsterville. Stalky's Reminiscences
STALKY’S REMINISCENCES
Contents
Introducion
CHAPTER 1. CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II. SCHOOLDAYS
CHAPTER III ‘STALKY & CO.’
CHAPTER IV. A START IN LIFE
CHAPTER V. THE INDIAN ARMY
CHAPTER VI. THE DIE-HARDS
CHAPTER VII. INDIAN SOLDIERS
CHAPTER VIII. YOUTHFUL CONCEIT
CHAPTER IX. THE WANO NIGHT ATTACK
CHAPTER X. GERMANY AND RUSSIA
CHAPTER XI. FRONTIER SERVICE AND JOURNALISTIC ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XII. THE CHINA WAR, 1900
CHAPTER XIII. RAILWAY WORK
CHAPTER XIV. MANŒUVRES AND MALARIA
CHAPTER XV. FAKIRS AND FINANCE
CHAPTER XVI. THE GREAT WAR–FRANCE
CHAPTER XVII. THE GREAT WAR–THE INDIAN FRONTIER
CHAPTER XVIII. THE GREAT WAR–PERSIA–DUNSTERFORCE
CHAPTER XIX. ANTI-CLIMAX
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MAJOR-GENERAL L. C. DUNSTERVILLE
I am sorry that I have so little to say regarding the many famous or interesing people I have met, in fac there is little in this book about anyone but myself. Where others do come into the sory, I have tried, as far as possible, to avoid giving names. I do not want to run the risk of a libel acion, and one can libel people so much more freely by saying “I would not for one moment divulge his name. He is a tall, dark man, with a squint, well known to you all, but it would be unfair to disclose his identity.”
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Bideford was the nearest town, and was of course ‘out of bounds’, which added to its attractions.
My father being one of the founders, I was destined for the school as soon as I reached the age of ten.
