INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
THE GROWTH OF THE TRANSVAAL
THE BOER CHARACTER
SOME DOMESTIC TRAITS
CHAPTER II
THE ORANGE FREE STATE
THE GRONDWET
TRANSVAAL DISSENSIONS
ZULU DISTURBANCES
THE POLITICAL WEB
THE WEB THICKENING
THE ZULU WAR
ISANDLWANA
AFFAIRS AT HOME
TOWARDS ULUNDI
THE VICTORY
CHAPTER III
SIR GARNET WOLSELEY AT PRETORIA
MR. GLADSTONE OUT OF OFFICE AND IN OFFICE
THE COMMENCEMENT OF REBELLION
THE FATE OF CAPTAIN ELLIOT
LAING'S NEK
INGOGO
MAJUBA
THE SIEGE OF PRETORIA
RETROCESSION
THE BETRAYED LOYALISTS
CHAPTER IV
THE CONVENTIONS
MR. KRUGER
GERMANS AND UITLANDERS
CHAPTER V
MR. RHODES
RHODESIA—UNCIVILISED
RHODESIA—CIVILIZED
GOLD
DIAMONDS
CHAPTER VI
THE TRANSVAAL OF TO-DAY
ACCUMULATED AGGRAVATIONS
MONOPOLIES AND ABUSES
THE FRANCHISE
THE REFORM MOVEMENT
THE CRITICAL MOMENT
THE RAID
AFTER DOORNKOP
THE FATE OF RAIDERS AND REFORMERS
THE ULTIMATUM
APPENDIX
CONVENTION OF 1881
CONVENTION OF 1884
