Princess Mary's Gift Book

by Various

20 chapters5h 21mEnglish1914

About this book

In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors of the time for the purpose of raising funds for the "Work For Women Fund". A few of the outstanding authors represented in this sparkling collection are J.M. Barrie with is essay on A Holiday in Bed; A. Conan Doyle; J.H. Fabre the naturalist with his well know description of The Ant-Lion; H. Ryder Haggard; Rudyard Kipling; Alfred Noyes ("A Spell for a Fairy"); Baroness Orczy (yes, that one); and Kate Douglas Wiggin. - Summary by Phil Chenevert

Chapters (20)

1A Holiday in Bed

854

2The Spy

1056

3Charlie the Cox

701

4Canada's Word

130

5Bimbashi Joyce

1263

6The Ant-Lion

878

7An Angel of God

1126

8A Model Soldier

2065

9The Land of Let's Pretend

429

10Magepa the Buck

2007

11True Spartan Hearts

575

12Big Steamers

134

13A True Story From Camp

254

14The Ebony Box

2660

15A Spell for a Fairy

327

16Out of the Jaws of Death: A Scarlet Pimpernel Story

834

17What Can A Little Chap Do?

147

18Altogether Different

884

19The Escape

1105

20Fleur-de-Lis

1886

Princess Mary's Gift Book

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