CONTENTS
The Board of Editors in accordance with the plan outlined in "Introductory" for collecting the "Best Stories of the War," has selected this group of stories for VOLUME I from the most authentic sources in Europe and America. This volume includes 170 episodes and tales of adventure told by twenty-six story-tellers—Soldiers, Staff Observers, Officers, Despatch Riders, Cavalrymen, Aviators, Nurses, Prisoners, Raiders, Secret Service Men and American soldiers. Full credit is given in every instance to the original sources.
VOLUME I—TWENTY-SIX STORY-TELLERS—170 EPISODES
| STORIES OF THE THREE MEN WHO CAUSED THE WORLD WAR | [1] |
| "HOW I MET THE KAISER, CROWN PRINCE AND ARCHDUKE" | |
| Told by Hall Caine | |
| (Permission of J. B. Lippincott Company) | |
| MY VISIT TO KING ALBERT—THE KING WHOSE THRONE IS | |
| THE HEARTS OF HIS PEOPLE | [8] |
| "I AM BOUND ON A MISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE" | |
| Told by Pierre Loti | |
| (Permission of J. B. Lippincott Company) | |
| "VIVE LA FRANCE"—HOW THEY DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY | [23] |
| LAST MESSAGES OF FRENCH SOLDIERS | |
| Told by Rene Bazin | |
| (Permission of Current History) | |
| FOR GOD AND ITALY—BREATHING DEATH WITH THE ITALIANS | [29] |
| "WHERE MINUTES ARE ETERNAL" | |
| Told by Gabriele D'Annunzio | |
| (Permission of London Telegraph) | |
| THE BLOOD OF THE RUSSIANS IN FIGHT FOR LIBERTY | [36] |
| "THE DESERTED BATTLEFIELDS I HAVE SEEN" | |
| Told by Count Ilya Tolstoy | |
| (Permission of Current History) | |
| MY EXPERIENCES IN THE WAR HOSPITALS OF RUMANIA | [44] |
| THE HORRORS OF THE LITTLE BALKAN KINGDOM | |
| Told by Queen Marie of Rumania | |
| (Permission of Philadelphia Public Ledger) | |
| "WITH THE GERMAN ARMIES IN THE WEST"—VISITS TO | |
| THE GENERAL STAFF | [49] |
| Told by Sven Hedin | |
| (Permission of John Lane Company) | |
| "THE FIRST HUNDRED THOUSAND"—WITH KITCHENER'S | |
| ARMY IN FRANCE | [73] |
| STORIES STRAIGHT FROM THE TRENCHES | |
| Told by Captain Ian Hay Beith | |
| (Permission of Houghton, Mifflin and Company) | |
| SOME EXPERIENCES IN HUNGARY | [97] |
| IN THE PALACE OF PRINCE AND PRINCESS K—— | |
| Told by Mina Macdonald | |
| (Permission of Longmans, Green and Company) | |
| "FORCED TO FIGHT"—THE TALE OF A SCHLESWIG DANE | [117] |
| "WHAT MY EYES WITNESSED IN EAST PRUSSIA" | |
| Told by Eric Erichsen | |
| (Permission of Robert M. McBride and Company) | |
| "ADVENTURES OF A DESPATCH RIDER" | [133] |
| AN OXFORD MAN WITH THE MOTORCYCLISTS | |
| Told by Capt. W. H. L. Watson | |
| (Permission of Dodd, Mead and Company) | |
| WITH A B.-P. SCOUT IN GALLIPOLI—ON THE TURKISH FRONTIER | [155] |
| A RECORD OF THE BELTON BULLDOGS | |
| Told by Edmund Yerbury Priestman | |
| (Permission of E. P. Dutton and Company) | |
| "IN THE FIELD"—THE STORIES OF THE FRENCH CHASSEURS | [165] |
| IMPRESSIONS OF AN OFFICER OF LIGHT CAVALRY | |
| Told by Lieut. Marcel Dupont | |
| (Permission of J. B. Lippincott Company) | |
| "FIELD HOSPITAL AND FLYING COLUMN"—IN RUSSIA | [181] |
| JOURNAL OF AN ENGLISH NURSING SISTER | |
| Told by Violetta Thurston | |
| (Permission of G. P. Putnam's Sons) | |
| AN UNCENSORED DIARY—FROM THE CENTRAL EMPIRES | [192] |
| AT THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN COPENHAGEN | |
| Told by Ernesta Drinker Bullitt | |
| (Permission of Doubleday, Page and Company) | |
| "A STUDENT IN ARMS"—IN THE RANKS WITH KITCHENER'S ARMY | [209] |
| RESURRECTION OF THE SOUL ON THE BATTLEFIELD | |
| Told by Donald Hankey | |
| (Permission of E. P. Dutton and Company) | |
| "THE RED HORIZON"—STORIES OF THE LONDON IRISH | [217] |
| THE MAN WITH THE ROSARY | |
| Told by Patrick MacGill | |
| (Permission of George H. Doran Company) | |
| MY TRIP TO VERDUN—GENERAL PETAIN FACE TO FACE | [225] |
| FROM GRAVES OF THE MARNE TO HILLS OF THE MEUSE | |
| Told by Frank H. Simonds | |
| (Permission of American Review of Reviews) | |
| UNDER THE STARS AND STRIPES—WITH AMERICAN ARMY | |
| IN FRANCE | [246] |
| STORIES OF AMERICAN TROOPS ON ROAD TO FRONT | |
| Told by Lincoln Eyre, with Pershing's Army | |
| (Permission of New York World) | |
| WITH THE SERBIAN STOICS IN EXILE—UNDER THE GERMAN YOKE | [257] |
| EXPERIENCES IN THE FLIGHT TO ALBANIA | |
| Told by Gordon Gordon-Smith | |
| (Permission of New York Tribune) | |
| TALES OF THE TANKS—WITH THE ARMORED MONSTERS IN BATTLE | [274] |
| ADVENTURES AS ROMANTIC AS MEDIAEVAL LEGENDS | |
| Told by the Men in the Tanks | |
| "MY ESCAPE FROM THE TURKS DISGUISED AS A WOMAN" | [288] |
| THE STORY OF A WONDERFUL FEAT | |
| Told by Private Miron D. Arber | |
| (Permission of Wide World Magazine) | |
| TALES OF GERMAN AIR RAIDERS OVER LONDON AND PARIS | [306] |
| "HOW WE DROP BOMBS ON THE ENEMIES' CITIES" | |
| Told by the Air Raiders Themselves | |
| (Permission of New York American) | |
| TALES FROM SIBERIA—WHEN THE PRISON DOORS OPENED | [316] |
| JOURNEY HOME OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND EXILES | |
| Told by (name withheld), an Eye-Witness | |
| (Permission of New York Evening World, Los Angeles Times, and Literary Digest) | |
| SURVIVORS' STORIES OF SINKING OF THE "LUSITANIA" | [325] |
| "HOW WE SAW OUR SHIP GO DOWN—TORPEDOED BY A | |
| GERMAN SUBMARINE" | |
| Told by Passengers of the Ill-Fated "Lusitania" | |
| WITH THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THE FIELDS OF FRANCE | [340] |
| PERSONAL EXPERIENCES DIRECT FROM THE FRONT | |
| (Permission of New York Sun) |
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A Better Defense Against Enemy Eyes Than Against Bullets or Shells!
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A NERVE-RACKING JOB
Watching Artillery Fire From an Advance Pit in No-Man's-Land
POUNDING AT LONG RANGE
A Battery of Heavy Howitzers Doing its Part in Hammering the Enemy into Proper Condition for a Charge
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