Memories and Adventures
Early recollections -- Under the Jesuits -- Recollections of a student -- Whaling in the Arctic Ocean -- The voyage to West Africa -- My first experiences in practice -- My start at Southsea -- My first literary success -- Pulling up the anchor -- The great break -- Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes --...
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Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Project Gutenberg
2021
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Online Access: | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66991/ |
Summary: | Early recollections -- Under the Jesuits -- Recollections of a student -- Whaling in the Arctic Ocean -- The voyage to West Africa -- My first experiences in practice -- My start at Southsea -- My first literary success -- Pulling up the anchor -- The great break -- Sidelights on Sherlock Holmes -- Norwood and Switzerland -- Egypt in 1896 -- On the edge of a storm -- An interlude of peace -- The start for South Africa -- Days with the army -- Final experiences in South Africa -- An appeal to the world's opinion -- My political adventures -- The years between the wars -- Some notable people -- Some recollections of sport -- To the Rocky Mountains in 1914 -- The eve of war -- A remembrance of the dark years -- Experiences on the British front -- Experiences on the Italian front -- Experiences on the French front -- Breaking the Hindenburg Line -- The psychic quest. |
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