Stories and extracts and essays by some of the greatest writers of the day and from the earlier era, with contributions by JM Barrie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Jerome K Jerome, etc.
Foreword by former Prime Minister of the UK, Arthur Balfour.
With gorgeous tipped-in illustrations.
Published as a charitable project ‘in aid of Queen Mary’s convalescent auxiliary hospitals for soldiers and sailors who have lost their limbs in the war.’
