Produced by Al Haines. AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S HOME MRS. A. BURNETT SMITH [Annie S. Swan] _The removing of those things that are shaken, ... that those things which cannot be shaken may remain._ Hebrews xii, 27 [Illustration: Mrs. A. Burnett Smith] *AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S HOME* *BY MRS. A. BURNETT SMITH [*_*Annie S. Swan*_*]* NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY _Copyright, 1918, By George H. Doran Company_ _Printed in the United States of America_ TO THEODATE POPE RIDDLE AND THE DEAR AMERICAN WAR WOMEN WHO OPENED TO ME THEIR HEARTS AND HOMES, THIS RECORD OF TRUE HAPPENINGS IN THE ENGLISH WAR ZONE IS AFFECTIONATELY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED *A PUBLISHER’S PREFACE* It was in "_Aldersyde_" many years ago that I first met Mrs. Burnett Smith, writing then as during the intervening years under the pen name of Annie S. Swan, beloved of all readers of wholesome books. Many times since I have met her—acquaintance ripened into friendship—visit succeeded visit, until now upon the occasion of her official visit to the United States it has been the good fortune of myself and my family to entertain her as an honoured guest. In the course of our quiet talks Mrs. Burnett Smith has told me the story of her life in England, just outside of London, since war began. Her experiences were so varied, yet so typical of what the Englishwoman has been called upon to endure, that I begged of her to make record of them for her friends in America. She demurred until I reminded her that she was in our debt many letters—hence the intimate form of this narrative. Indeed it was only by urging the personal obligation that she has been persuaded to tell her story, which it is my proud privilege to publish in this form. [Illustration: Signature of George H. Doran] NEW YORK, May 10, 1918. *AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S HOME* *I* My Dear: To-day I opened the cedar wood box—I can see the little wrinkle of your level brows over these cryptic words, can almost hear you ask why something so simple should be chronicled as a war time event.