ABSTRACT

This book, together with A Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.M. Forces serving in the trenches of World War I. The volume contains a wide variety of rich literature from before the war and was designed to give soldiers entertainment. It includes extracts from the works of Francis Bacon, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Walter Raleigh, William Wordsworth and  Charles Dickens.

chapter I|6 pages

Four Poems on the War

chapter II|3 pages

Three Essays by Francis Bacon of Death

chapter III|3 pages

The Song of Deborah

chapter IV|5 pages

The Pasha

chapter V|2 pages

Intimations of Immortality

chapter VI|1 pages

A Worthy Commander

chapter VII|5 pages

The Secret of Happiness

chapter VIII|6 pages

D'artagnan's Apprenticeship

chapter IX|4 pages

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

chapter X|4 pages

The City at Night

chapter XI|6 pages

Bob Acres' Duel

chapter XII|5 pages

Trees

chapter XIII|5 pages

The Vision of the Angel Guards

chapter XIV|5 pages

Romeo and Juliet

chapter XVI|4 pages

Five Poems by Herrick

chapter XVII|5 pages

Mr. Mantalini at Breakfast

chapter XVIII|4 pages

The Universal Chorus

chapter XIX|5 pages

Owld Bocock's Mare

chapter XX|4 pages

A Ride on an Alligator

chapter XXI|1 pages

King Henrt at Towton Field

chapter XXII|5 pages

Mr. Skimpole and Coavinses

chapter XXIII|7 pages

Two Poems by Austin Dobson

chapter XXIV|5 pages

Elwes the Miser

chapter XXV|3 pages

Four Parables

chapter XXVI|6 pages

From ‘The Scholar-Gipsy'

chapter XXVII|4 pages

Elijah and the Rain

chapter XXVIII|3 pages

Poetry and Puritans

chapter XXIX|4 pages

Sleep

chapter XXX|4 pages

The Circumlocution Office

chapter XXXI|4 pages

Nelson

chapter XXXII|4 pages

Scott in Adversity

chapter XXXIII|3 pages

Four Poems by George Herbert

chapter XXXIV|6 pages

Norse Tales

chapter XXXV|5 pages

The Defence of Lucknow

chapter XXXVI|4 pages

Charles Lamb to a Friend in China

chapter XXXVII|5 pages

Naval Ballads

chapter XXXVIII|4 pages

From Dr. Johnson

chapter XXXIX|4 pages

Gerard, Denys and the Bear

chapter XL|6 pages

Three Poems by Marvell

chapter XLI|5 pages

Story of the Falcon

chapter XLII|6 pages

Savoy Songs

chapter XLIII|4 pages

The Mighty Works of God

chapter XLIV|5 pages

The Trial of Faithful

chapter XLV|2 pages

From Sir Walter Raleigh

chapter XLVI|4 pages

The Just Man

chapter XLVII|5 pages

The Punishment of Khipil

chapter XLVIII|4 pages

Inspired Moments

chapter XLIX|4 pages

At a Western Hotel

chapter L|7 pages

Tam O'Shanter

chapter LI|4 pages

The Married State

chapter LII|5 pages

The Temptation of Cymochles

chapter LIII|4 pages

Die Vernon

chapter LIV|5 pages

The Wonders of the World

chapter LV|3 pages

St. Paul's Voyage and Shipwreck

chapter LVI|2 pages

An Ideal of Empire

chapter LVII|4 pages

The Happy Warrior

chapter LVIII|4 pages

The Fusilier Brigade at Albuera

chapter LIX|5 pages

A Triangular Duel

chapter LX|4 pages

The Isle of Wight

chapter LXI|5 pages

The Drama and the Crummles Company

chapter LXII|5 pages

A Savage People

chapter LXIII|6 pages

The Doncaster St. Leger

chapter LXIV|5 pages

Some Early Statural History of Elephants

chapter LXV|3 pages

The Golden Image

chapter LXVI|4 pages

How to Manage a Sea-Fight

chapter LXVII|5 pages

Some Irish Poems

chapter LXVIII|5 pages

A Ride on a Buffalo

chapter LXIX|5 pages

Scrooge's Visitors