Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
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Thirty Canadian V.Cs., 23d April 1915 to 30th March 1918
Roberts, Theodore Goodridge
Victoria Cross; World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
Sir Edward Poynter says: "You have set forth the difficulties and snares
which beset the Cult of Old Paintings in a way which is both interesting
and amusing, and I have read your treatise with pleasure.... Seeing that
there is nothing in your writing of a polemic character, I shall be
honoured by your coupling my name with your little book."
Silver Store =S. BARING GOULD=
New and Cheaper Edition. Fifth Impression. =2s. 6d.= net.
A Volume of Verse from Mediæval, Christian and Jewish Mines. Includes
"The Building of St. Sophia" and many Legends and other pieces, both
serious and humorous, which will be found not only suitable for home
use, but also most useful for Public Reading at Parish Entertainments,
etc., etc.
"Many will welcome the attractive reprint of Mr. Baring-Gould's
Poems."--_Guardian._
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha =K. M. BARROW=
Wife of the Rev. J. G. Barrow, Missionary in Tristan da Cunha, and
fellow-worker with him in that island.
Large crown 8vo, cloth, =7s. 6d.= net.
This book contains the fullest details of this most remote part of our
dominions. It describes in vivid and picturesque language the island
itself, its inhabitants, the occupations, industries, etc., etc., and is
illustrated with a map and 37 photographs of both places and people,
taken expressly for this work.
"We wish we had room for even a few of the romantic and amusing
details, of both of which the book is full; and must conclude by
heartily commending it to the general reader."--_Church Quarterly
Review._
Saint Oswald: Patron of the C.E.M.S. =ARTHUR C. CHAMPNEYS, M.A.=
A Biographical Sketch, full of interest.
Fcap. 8vo, cloth, =1s.= net.
A Jester's Jingles =F. RAYMOND COULSON=
Fcap. 8vo, cloth, =2s. 6d.= net.
A volume of forty-three pieces of humorous verse, including a quartette
of Drawing-room Ballads, and seven Cockney Carols. Among the titles are:
"The Tyranny of the Tip"--"The Railway Porter's Bank Holiday"--"Books
and Bacteria"--"Ode to a Demon Cock"--"Ode to a Pig," etc., etc.
Verses and Carols =ELLEN MABEL DAWSON=
Crown 8vo, cloth, =3s. 6d.= net.
Being a Selection from the Writings of the late Ellen Mabel Dawson. They
include Allegories and Parables from Nature, Verses and Hymns for the
New Year, for Easter, etc.
With the C.L.B. Battalion in France =JAMES DUNCAN=
Chaplain to the 16th K.R.R. (C.L.B.).
With Frontispiece and a most interesting Preface by the REV. EDGAR
ROGERS.
Crown 8vo, cloth, =2s. 6d.= net.
This intensely interesting book gives an account of the doings of the
Battalion raised from the Church Lads' Brigade. Among the vivid and
striking chapters are: Going to the Front--In France--In Billets--In the
Firing Line--The Trenches--The Red Harvest of War, etc.
Lovely Man =G. E. FARROW=
Nineteenth Impression. =1s.= net.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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