"A book of singular interest.... Remarkable for its sidelights, on what may be called the domestic phases of the war."—Daily Graphic.
THE SILENCE OF COLONEL BRAMBLE. By Andre Maurois. Translated from the French. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 5/- net.
This remarkably amusing account of an English regimental mess by a French officer who was attached as an interpreter, has had an immense vogue in France, and its appeal to English readers will without doubt be equally wide.
"Those who do not already know the book in French, will lose nothing of its charm in English form.... The humours of the mess room are inimitable.... The whole thing is real, alive, sympathetic. There is not a false touch in all its delicate glancing wit."—Daily Telegraph.
"An excellent translation.... A gay and daring translation.... I laughed over its audacious humour."—JAMES DOUGLAS in The Star.
FIELD AMBULANCE SKETCHES. By a Corporal.
Crown 8vo. 4/- net.
These sketches by a stretcher-bearer are extraordinarily clear and actual. "Behind a Raid" is a wonderfully vivid piece of work; the reader lives every second of these thrilling hours, and the whole scene is touched
in masterly style. The other pages are equally fine. To the civilian they bring home the actualities of War; while soldiers of every class will enjoy them in their fine truthfulness.
SAPPER DOROTHY LAWRENCE: The only English Woman Soldier. Late Royal Engineers, 51st Division, 179th Tunnelling Company, B.E.F. With Portraits.
Crown 8vo. 5/- net.
Miss Dorothy Lawrence enjoys the distinction of having been the only British woman soldier, and in this book she sets out her varied experiences, first in Paris, where she did the necessary drills, and finally "up the line."