IN putting this short summary of the great struggle which has taken place in the Far East before the public, the author has only attempted to outline and arrange in some sort of convenient sequence the broad issues of the campaign. But he has tried to make full use of all available information, and having an intimate knowledge of the theatre of operations and of the armies of both belligerents, is ambitious enough to believe that a consecutive narrative will be acceptable even in its present defective form. He takes this opportunity of thank ing the proprietors of 'blackwood's Magazine' for having accorded him the hospitality of 'maga's'