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Excerpt from Life of General Gordon Miss Enderby, afterwards Mrs. Gordon, the mother of our hero, was in many respects a remarkable woman, well fitted to guide her children into paths of true nobility and honor. She was exceedingly tender and amiable, bright and hopeful. She lived for Others rather than for herself, and proved her ability to rule her children by her perfect mastery Of self. She had five sons and six daughters. Sir Henry W. Gordon, is the only son now living. Their father, the late lieutenant-general Gordon, had an ancestry of Soldiers. His grandfather - the great-grand father Of our hero had a very eventful life. He was taken prisoner at Prestonpans, but the Duke of Cumberland used his influence to secure his release. He died at Halifax in North America, in 1752. His son, the grand father of Charles, fought in several battles, and won some distinction. Henry William, the father of General Gordon, was a soldier of the highest type, honorable, kindly, just, and devoted to his profession. Charles was a boy of quick but generous temper, with plenty of energy, but not very great physical strength. He was sent to school at Taunton, in Somerset and afterwards attended the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. A story is told of an Occurrence during his cadetship which illustrates the fire and energy of his youthful Spirit. You are incompetent: you will never make an officer, said his superior, in rebuke to him one day 5 and, with flashing eyes and flushed cheeks, the lad tore from his shoulders the epaulettes that he wore and cast them down before his reprover's feet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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