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Excerpt from With Kitchener to Khartum
Mr. Steevnns' earlier work, With the Conquering Turk, was received with such cordial recognition that it is perhaps unnecessary to refer to his qualities as a war correspondent or to his literary gifts. The Anglo Egyptian expedition is a greater theme, and the writer of these pages has the advantage of a wider experi ence. He has a broader comparative basis for his oh servation, and his criticism, which he always offers modestly and as an amateur, has a higher value. At the same time the power of vivid narration and keen characterization is quite as striking. As one of the most remarkable campaigns of history the Sirdar's move ment on Khartum would be an interesting topic at any time, but just now it has a special claim to atten tion in this country. A fresh experience of war, with the criticism of its management now ringing in our ears, naturally gives an incentive to a comparison which, as a whole, defies the criticism even of non combatants. How far such a comparison is justified will appear from these pages. The marvelous, ma chine-like precision of the Sirdar's movements is.
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