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
