World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, English; World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish
_THE FOLLOWING ARE IN IMMEDIATE PREPARATION:_
TALES OF A TROOPER. By A. CLUTHA MACKENZIE. Crown 8vo.
These tales convey in the most living manner the experiences and
sensations of a typical Anzac en route to the war, then landed at
Gallipoli, and finally "knocked out" in the terrible battle for the
ridge.
A PRISONER IN TURKEY. By JOHN STILL, author of "Poems in Captivity,"
etc. Crown 8vo.
The author of this remarkable book was largely instrumental in
conveying to the British Government, by messages, in an ingenious
code of his own invention, sent at considerable personal risk, very
valuable information regarding the treatment of British Prisoners in
Turkey. In this book, which is an account of over three years'
imprisonment in Turkish hands, at Constantinople and at Afion Kara
Hissar, Mr. STILL gives a very forceful and vivid, but restrained
account of the trials, sufferings and dangers through which he and
his fellow prisoners passed during their long captivity.
WARD TALES. By E. CHIVERS DAVIES. Crown 8vo.
In this capital little record of V.A.D. work in a hospital Miss
Davies combines very cleverly two points of view--the Nurses' and
Hospital Staff's, and the Tommies'. The author has humour, insight,
sympathy, and a very quick eye for a situation, and in the course of
her sketches she synthesizes the atmosphere and outlook of a big
Military Hospital, especially as it appears to a V.A.D. Soldiers,
and others, will delight in the truthful and entertaining pictures
of this admirable little book, as will all who have served, and are
serving, in hospital.
BEHIND BOSCHE BARS. By E. WARBURTON. Crown 8vo.
A cleverly written description of a young English officer's
internment as a prisoner of war in Germany. As his experiences were
thoroughly typical of the later treatment by the Germans of officer
prisoners, his account forms a very valuable record of this aspect
of the war. The writer gives the Germans credit for some kind acts,
while laughing at them for their stiffness, pedantry and stupidity.
He conveys a strongly actual picture of the whole body of prisoners
in every camp--their ways of life, outlook, habits and feelings.
WITH THE SERBS IN MACEDONIA. By DOUGLAS WALSHE. Illustrated. Crown
8vo.
This is a very bright account of war experiences in Macedonia, by an
A.S.C. officer, who has the gift of making his scenes _living_
scenes. Mr. WALSHE'S narrative is very human, and he gives us an
excellent bird's eye view of the country, and the tangle of races
inhabiting it.
FOUR MONTHS IN ITALY IN WAR-TIME. By BEATRICE THOMSON. Crown 8vo.
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