World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons, Turkish
John Still was captured by the Turks in Gallipoli in 1915, and remained
in captivity for over three years, during which he found it essential to
have some absorbing mental occupation to preserve his sanity. He
discovered in himself then, for the first time, the power of writing
verse. For many years before the war he lived in Ceylon, and the latter
part of the book is taken up with poems on its peoples and lost cities,
the first part containing the poems inspired by captivity.
_Morning Post._--“The poems have a quiet power that grows
on the reader.”
_Nation._--“Such excellent reading.”
_Illustrated London News._--“One of the most interesting
books of war-verse which have yet appeared.”
_Outlook._--“‘The Ballad of Suvla Bay’ is among the
finest poems of the war.”
_Daily Graphic._--“Mr. Still has an unusual command of
varied form.”
_Book Monthly._--“Mr. Still’s verse is charged with the
full ripening of poetic harvest.”
_Pall Mall Gazette._--“Mr. Still is distinctly happy in
expression, and his work has a very real interest.”
_Scotsman._--“This remarkable volume.”
_Athenæum._--“Undeniably interesting.”
_Bookman._--“Mr. Still is a poet of considerable worth.”
_Ladies’ Field._--“It contains very splendid verse. The
strength and simplicity of them will appeal to a big
public.”
JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO ST., W. 1
THE ROAD TO EN-DOR
_Being an Account of how two prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey won
their way to freedom._
By E. H. JONES, Lieut. Indian Army Reserve
With Illustrations by C. W. HILL, Lieut. R.A.F.
Third Edition. Crown 8vo. +8s. 6d.+ net.
This book, besides being an extraordinary story, will specially appeal
to every one who is interested in spiritualism. It tells in minute and
exact detail how two young British officers, who previously knew nothing
of the subject, took up spiritualism--originally to amuse their
fellow-prisoners in a Turkish prison camp; how they afterwards convinced
not only the Turkish officials of their mediumistic powers, but even
their fellow-officers; how eventually the “spook” ran the camp, securing
many privileges for the inmates, and finally nearly effected the escape
of the mediums and kidnapped the Turkish Governor and Interpreter.
Afterwards the two officers feigned madness so effectually that they
were repatriated on compassionate grounds as insane, and had some
difficulty in convincing the British authorities of their sanity. The
book reads like a wild romance, but it is authenticated in every detail
by fellow-officers and official documents. The Turkish Governor was
actually court-martialled for his part in a treasure hunt instituted by
the “spook”; and since the Armistice the authors have received letters
from Turkish officials asking them to return and persist in the search
for the hidden treasure.
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