Glimpses Through The Cannon Smoke A Series Of Sketches

1880. Forbes, a brilliant war correspondent, spent his later years in literary work. This volume contains a collection of his essays including: Matrimony Among the Bombshells; An Evening Party Among the Navvies; The Parade of the Commissionaires; Christmas Night in Very Common Lodgings; How I Saved France: The Inverness Character Fair; Miss Priest's Bridecake; The Cawnpore of Today; Christmas Presents by Post; On the Line of March; George Martell's Bundobust; Reverencing the Golden Feet; Christmas Day on a Growler; The Lucknow of Today; Railway Lizz; and A Hill Story. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Forbes, Archibald is the author of 'Glimpses Through The Cannon Smoke A Series Of Sketches ' with ISBN 9781417906116 and ISBN 1417906111.