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
His Manners and Morals--The Parson--The City Man--The Soldier--The
Lawyer--The Working Man, etc., etc. A Counterblast against "Lovely
Woman." Cover by John Hassall.
Gordon League Ballads (More) =JIM'S WIFE=
(Mrs. Clement Nugent Jackson.)
Dedicated by Special Permission to the Bishop of London.
Crown 8vo, cloth. Second Impression. =2s. 6d.= net.
A Third Series of these most popular and stirring Ballads. They are
seventeen in number, including many of striking general interest; also
six remarkable temperance ballads; also three stories, specially written
for audiences of men only.
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._
Gordon League Ballads. =First series.=
Dedicated to H.R.H. the Princess Louise.
Sixteenth thousand. Crown 8vo, cloth, =2s. 6d.= net.
Including "Harry," as recited with such remarkable success by Mrs.
Kendal; also "Mother," and that most striking ballad, "The Doctor's
Fee," recited by Canon Fleming.
"The book is beautiful in its appeal to the common heart, and
deserves to be widely known. We pity anyone who could read such
veritable transcripts from life without responsive
emotions."--_Standard._
Gordon League Ballads. =Second Series.=
Eighth Impression. Crown 8vo, cloth, =2s. 6d.= net.
Among the Ballads in this Second Series may be mentioned: "How Harry Won
the Victoria Cross," being a sequel to "Harry" in the First Series; "In
Flower Alley," "Beachy Head: a True Coastguard Story of an Heroic
Rescue"; "Shot on Patrol: a True Incident of the Boer War"; "Grit: a
True Story of Boyish Courage"; "Granny Pettinger: a True Story of a
London Organ Woman"; "A Midnight Struggle," etc., etc.
Short Plays for Small Stages =COSMO HAMILTON=
Crown 8vo, cloth, =2s. 6d.= net.
A volume of Short Plays for Amateurs. There are five Plays: In the
Haymarket, Toller's Wife, Why Cupid Came to Earl's Court, St. Martin's
Summer, and Soldiers' Daughters. They are all eminently suited for
amateur performers at home or in a theatre.
"Should prove a boon to clever amateur players, for all five of the
Plays are simple, effective and quite easy to produce."--_The
Lady._
The Merrythought Plays =MYRTLE B. S. JACKSON=
Second Impression. Crown 8vo, cloth, =2s. 6d=. net.
Six Original Plays, for Amateur Dramatic Clubs, Village Entertainments,
Girls' Schools, Colleges, etc. Easy to stage, easy to dress, and easy to
act. These excellent and amusing Plays have already met a very felt
want, and are having a very large sale. They are easy to produce and
furnish capital entertainments at Christmas and other times, whether in
the Drawing-room, at School Prize Days, or at Public Entertainments.
"Some of the most lively and well-written little dramas that were
ever written ... in short, this is a most useful and entertaining
volume, which will soon be known wherever amateur theatricals are
popular."--_The Daily Telegraph._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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