BOOKS ON THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. LONDON TO LADYSMITH, VIA PRETORIA. By WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, M.P. Second Impression. Crown 8vo, 6s. IAN HAMILTON'S MARCH. With Portrait of Major-General Sir Ian Hamilton, and 10 Maps and Plans. By WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, M.P. Second Impression. Crown 8vo, 6s. A SUBALTERN'S LETTERS TO HIS WIFE. By REGINALD RANKIN. Eighth Impression. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. By MY EXPERIENCES OF THE BOER WAR. COUNT STERNBERG. With an Introduction by Lieut.-Colonel G. F. R. HENDERSON, late Director of Intelligence, Headquarter Staff, South Africa. Second Impression. Crown 8vo, 5s. net. ARTS UNDER ARMS: an University Man in Khaki. By MAURICE FITZGIBBON. With 6 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, gilt top, 5s. net. THE CALL TO ARMS, 1900-1901; or, A Review of the Imperial Yeomanry Movement, and some Subjects connected therewith. By HENRY SETONKARR, M.P. With a Frontispiece by R. CATONWOODVILLE. Crown 8vo, 5s. net. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO., BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LESS NOTABLE FEATURES OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE BY J. H. M. ABBOTT LATE CORPOral, first AUSTRALIAN HORSE SIXTH IMPRESSION LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1902 SPV DT 932 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOte. First Printed, March, 1902. THE SONG of the DEAD Oh, Land of Ours, hear the song we make for you Land of yellow wattle bloom, land of smiling SpringHearken to the after words, land of pleasant memories, Shea-oaks of the shady creeks, hear the song we sing. For we lie quietly, underneath the stony kops, Where the Veldt is silent, where the guns have ceased to boom Here we are waiting, and shall wait to Eternity— Here on the battle-fields, where we have found our doom. Spare not thy pity—Life is strong and fair for you— So all the bitterness of dying be not vain. Oh, be ye mindful, mindful of our honour's name ; Oh, be ye careful of the word ye speak in jest— Life that we might have lived, love that we might have loved, Do not forget, when the rest shall homeward come- Hark to the guns-pause, and turn, and think of us— |