CONTENTS
The following stories have been selected for VOLUME IV by the Board of Editors, according to the plan outlined in "Introductory" to Volume I for collecting from all sources the "Best Stories of the War." This group includes personal experiences of Soldiers at the front, Submarine Officers, Aviators, Prisoners, Ambulance Drivers, Red Cross Nurses, Priests, Spies, and American Eye-Witnesses. They have been collected from twenty-eight of the most authentic sources in Europe and America and include 134 adventures and episodes. Full credit is given in every instance to the original source.
VOLUME IV—TWENTY-EIGHT STORY-TELLERS—134 EPISODES
| "WHEN THE PRUSSIANS CAME TO POLAND"—A TRAGEDY | [1] |
| EXPERIENCES OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN DURING THE | |
| GERMAN INVASION | |
| Told by Madame Laura de Gozdawa Turczynowicz | |
| (Permission of G. P. Putnam's Sons) | |
| MY EXPERIENCES WITH SPIES IN THE GREAT WAR | [16] |
| VISITING WITH SPIES IN AMERICA, NORWAY, SWEDEN, | |
| DENMARK AND GERMANY | |
| Told by Bernhart Paul Hoist | |
| (Permission of Hoist Publishing Company, Boone, Iowa) | |
| "THE ADVENTURE OF THE U-202"—THE KAISER'S ARMADA | [40] |
| HUNTING THE SEAS ON A GERMAN SUBMARINE | |
| Told by Baron Spiegel Von Und Zu Peckelsheim, Captain Lieutenant | |
| Commander of the U-202 | |
| (Permission of The Century Company) | |
| "PASSED BY THE CENSOR"—TRUE STORIES FROM THE | |
| FIELDS OF BATTLE | [55] |
| EXPERIENCES OF AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER MAN IN | |
| FRANCE | |
| Told by Wythe Williams, Correspondent of the "New York | |
| Times" | |
| (Permission of E. P. Dutton and Company) | |
| "PRIESTS IN THE FIRING LINE"—THE CROSS AND CRUCIFIX | [72] |
| A REVEREND FATHER IN THE FRENCH ARMY | |
| Told by Réné Gaell | |
| (Permission of Longmans, Green and Company) | |
| STORIES OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN—SEEN WITH HER OWN | |
| EYES | [84] |
| "JOURNAL OF SMALL THINGS" | |
| Told by Helen Mackay | |
| (Permission of Duffield and Company) | |
| "PRISONER OF WAR"—SOLDIER'S TALES OF THE ARMY | [94] |
| FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE CAMP | |
| Told by André Ward | |
| (Permission of J. B. Lippincott Company) | |
| WAR SCENES I SHALL NEVER FORGET | [100] |
| Told by Carita Spencer | |
| (Permission of Carita Spencer, of New York) | |
| "WAR LETTERS FROM FRANCE"—THE HEARTS OF HEROES | [123] |
| COLLECTED FROM THE SOLDIERS | |
| Told by A. De Lapradelle and Frederic R. Coudert | |
| (Permission of A. Appleton and Company) | |
| A NURSE AT THE WAR—THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT | [129] |
| AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN THE F.A.N.Y. CORPS IN FRANCE | |
| AND BELGIUM | |
| Told by Grace MacDougall | |
| (Permission of Robert M. McBride and Company) | |
| "FROM DARTMOUTH TO THE DARDANELLES"—A MIDSHIPMAN'S | |
| LOG | [140] |
| Told by a Dartmouth Student (Name Suppressed) | |
| (Permission of E. P. Dutton and Company) | |
| HORRORS OF TRENCH FIGHTING—WITH THE CANADIAN | |
| HEROES | [148] |
| REMARKABLE EXPERIENCES OF AN AMERICAN SOLDIER | |
| Told by Roméo Houle | |
| (Permission of Current History) | |
| THE FLIGHT FROM CAPTIVITY ON "THE THIRD ATTEMPT" | [174] |
| HOW I ESCAPED FROM GERMANY | |
| Told by Corporal John Southern and set down by A. E. Littler | |
| (Permission of Wide World, of London) | |
| CLIMBING THE SNOW-CAPPED ALPIAN PEAKS WITH THE | |
| ITALIANS | [191] |
| "BATTLING WHERE MEN NEVER BATTLED BEFORE" | |
| Told by Whitney Warren | |
| (Permission of New York Sun) | |
| AT SEA IN A TYPHOON ON A UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT | [203] |
| STORY OF A VOYAGE IN THE CHINA SEA | |
| Told by (Name Suppressed), a United States Army Officer | |
| A BOY HERO OF THE MIDI—THE LAD FROM MONACO | [214] |
| Translated from the Diary of Eugene Escloupié by Frederik Lees | |
| (Permission of Wide World) | |
| KNIGHTS OF THE AIR—FRENCHMEN WHO DEFY DEATH | [232] |
| TALES OF VALOR IN BATTLES OF THE CLOUDS | |
| Told by the Fliers Themselves | |
| (Permission of Literary Digest) | |
| FOUR AMERICAN PRISONERS ABOARD THE YARROWDALE | [243] |
| ADVENTURES WITH THE GERMAN RAIDER "MOEWE" | |
| Told by Dr. Orville E. McKim | |
| (Permission of New York World) | |
| HUMORS OF THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN | [254] |
| Told by "A. E. M. M." | |
| (Permission of Wide World) | |
| STORIES OF HEROIC WOMEN IN THE GREAT WAR | [264] |
| TALES OF FEMININE DEEDS OF DARING | |
| (Permission of New York American) | |
| HOW WE STOLE THE TUG-BOAT | [283] |
| THE STORY OF A SENSATIONAL ESCAPE FROM THE | |
| GERMANS | |
| Told by Sergeant "Maurice Prost" | |
| (Permission of Wide World) | |
| THE RUSSIAN SUN—ON THE TRAIL OF THE COSSACKS | [293] |
| "WE ARE THE DON COSSACKS—WE DO NOT SURRENDER!" | |
| Told by Herr Roda Roda | |
| (Permission of New York Tribune) | |
| A BOMBING EXPEDITION WITH THE BRITISH AIR SERVICE | [301] |
| DARING ADVENTURES OF THE ROYAL FLIERS | |
| Told by First Lieutenant J. Errol D. Boyd | |
| (Permission of New York World) | |
| HINDENBURG'S DEATH TRAP | [310] |
| STORY FROM LIPS OF A YOUNG COSSACK | |
| Told by Lady Glover | |
| (Permission of Wide World) | |
| ON THE GREAT WHITE HOSPITAL TRAIN—GOING HOME | |
| TO DIE | [321] |
| AN AMERICAN GIRL WITH A RED CROSS TRAIN | |
| Told by Jane Anderson | |
| (Permission of New York Tribune) | |
| MY EXPERIENCES IN THE GREATEST NAVAL BATTLE IN | |
| THE WAR | [334] |
| WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE "BLUECHER" WENT DOWN | |
| Told by a Survivor | |
| (Permission of New York American) | |
| "TODGER" JONES, V. C. | [342] |
| THE MAN WHO CAPTURED A HUNDRED GERMANS | |
| SINGLE-HANDED | |
| Told by Himself, set down by A. E. Littler | |
| (Permission of Wide World) | |
| AN OFFICER'S STORY | [357] |
| Retold by V. Ropshin | |
| (Permission of Current History) |
"THE GLAD HAND"
An American Sailor in London Meets a Friend in the Canadian Army
THE STARS AND STRIPES PASSES THROUGH LONDON TOWN
The Parade of the First American Contingent Past Cheering Multitudes of Londoners