Chapter II: Foreword: vii

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT ix

CHAPTER

I. THE THIRD EMPIRE 1

II. THE PASSING OF THE PEACOCK'S TAIL 27

III. SIRENS OF THE SANDS 56

IV. THE ITALIAN “WHITE MAN'S BURDEN” 80

V. THE LAND OF BEFORE-AND-AFTER 108

VI. IN ZANZIBAR 143

VII. THE SPIKED HELMET IN AFRICA 165

VIII. “ALL ABOARD FOR CAPE TOWN!” 190

IX. THE LAST STAND OF THE PIONEER 205

X. THE COUNTRY OF BIG THINGS 223

XI. THE FORGOTTEN ISLES 248

INDEX 287

ILLUSTRATIONS

A Sandstorm Passing Over Khartoum _Frontispiece_

“Through Dim Bazaars where Turbaned Shopkeepers Squat
Patiently in their Doorways” 17

The Troglodyte Town of Medenine, Southern Tunisia 26

Some Sirens of the Sands 58

Jewish Women in the Cemetery of Tunis 70

An Arab Bride Going to Her Husband 79

Sunrise on the Great Sands 87

Work and Play in Black Man's Africa 110

The Saviour of the Sudan and Some of Those he Saved 118

Strange People from Innermost Africa 129

The Gateway to East Africa 146

Arab Women of Zanzibar 156

The Hand of the War Lord in German Africa 187

Railroading Through a Jungle 188

More Work for the Pioneer 219

The Prison Place of a Great Emperor 268

Map of Africa, Showing Railways and Spheres
of Influence _At end of volume_

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