The Story of the Red Cross as told to The Little Colonel

Author of The Little Colonel Series, Asa Holmes, The Jewel Series, etc.
THE PAGE COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCXVIII
Copyright, 1902 , By The Page Company
Copyright, 1918 , By The Page Company
All rights reserved
First Impression, October, 1918
THE COLONIAL PRESS C.H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.
This story in its original form appeared in The Little Colonel's Hero , the fourth volume in the famous Little Colonel Series .
The publishers would have appropriately used on the cover of this book the Red Cross on a white field, adopted as its emblem by the Red Cross Society, but any use of that emblem for purposes other than those of this society has been prohibited by law.
The Red Cross Society adopted its emblem in honor of Switzerland, where the society originated, but reversed the colors of the Swiss flag, which are a White Cross on a red field. It is consequently, under the circumstances, appropriate that the cover design should show the White Cross of Switzerland, where the Red Cross Society originated, and where its story was told to The Little Colonel .