BOOKS BY E. ALEXANDER POWELL PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS THE LAST FRONTIER: THE WHITE MAN’S WAR FOR CIVILIZATION IN AFRICA. Illustrated. 8vo _net_ $1.50 GENTLEMEN ROVERS. Illustrated. 8vo _net_ $1.50 THE END OF THE TRAIL. Illustrated. 8vo _net_ $3.00 FIGHTING IN FLANDERS. Illustrated. 12mo _net_ $1.00 THE ROAD TO GLORY. Illustrated. 8vo _net_ $1.50 THE ROAD TO GLORY [Illustration: On the decks above were three hundred desperate and well-armed natives. (_Page 144_)] THE ROAD TO GLORY BY E. ALEXANDER POWELL ILLUSTRATED CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK:::::::::::1915 COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Published September, 1915 [Illustration] TO MY SON EDWARD ALEXANDER POWELL, III FOREWORD The great painting--it is called “Vers la Gloire,” if I remember rightly--reaches from floor to ceiling of the Pantheon in Paris. Across the huge canvas, in a whirlwind of dust and color, sweeps an avalanche of horsemen--cuirassiers, dragoons, lancers, guides, hussars, chasseurs--with lances levelled, blades swung high, banners streaming--France’s unsung heroes in mad pursuit of Glory. That picture brings home to the youth of France the fact that the nation owes as great a debt of gratitude to men whose very names have been forgotten as to those whom it has rewarded with titles and decorations; it teaches that a man can be a hero without having his name cut deep in brass or stone; that time and time again history has been made by men whom the historians have overlooked or disregarded.