The Ever-Victorious Army

This classic history is organized as follows: 


Part I. The Origin of the Rebellion 

Chapter I. The Principles of the Chinese State 

Chapter II. Preparations for Tai-Pingdom 

Chapter III. The Tien Wang and His History Up to 1860 


Part II. Our Collision With the Rebels 

Chapter IV. Revival of the Rebellion, and Its Conflict With Foreigners 

Chapter V. Tai-Ping Reverses in the Yangtsze Valley, and a Change of Policy at Peking 

Chapter VI. Allied Operations Round Shanghai in 1862 

Chapter VII. Captain Dew’s Operations in Chekiang 


Part III. Colonel Gordon’s Campaign 

Chapter VIII. The Organization of Gordon’s Force 

Chapter IX. Gordon’s first victories 

Chapter X. Burge Vine’s History and Fate 

Chapter XI. The Fall of Soochow, and the Execution of Its Wangs 

Chapter XII. Gordon’s further operations 

Chapter XIII. The Dissolution of Gordon’s Force, and a Review of Its Results 

Chapter XIV. The Medical Arrangements of Gordon’s Force 


Part IV. The End of the Tai-Pings 

Chapter XV. A Visit to Tseng Kwo-Fan—Sketches of Native and English Officials in China 

Chapter XVI. The Fall of Nanking and the Last Struggles of the Tai-Pings 

Chapter XVII. Nien-Fei and Mohammedan Rebels 

Chapter XVIII. The Present and Future of China