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Rh A BRAFE "HUMAN DOCUMENT." LETTERS FROM ANOTHER BATTLEFIELD Fcp. Svo, paper wrappers, is. net ; cloth, 3*. 6d. net. "A pathetic story is told in these thoughtful and significant letters between a wounded soldier and his betrothed dying of tuberculosis." Athenaum. "Serious, moralising literary letters, giving a pleasant enough picture of sanatorium life." The Times Lit. Sup. u Some very tender and beautiful letters. ... A slight but very human story." New Witness. "Full of little pictures radiant with humour, yet drenched in something too deep for tears. . . . The people who stroll through these pictures are none of them dull. . . they are real, and one desires to shake hands with them and wish them God-speed as they pass." Christian Commonwealth. "The charm of quietness. . . . These pages have the radiance of a hopeful spirit, which, drawn into the backwaters of life, meditates upon the busy world beyond the peaceful park and the still rooms. The reader also feels that this is a genuine human document full of pathos and heroism, describing a remorseless war in which there are no honours or decorations for the bravest. Underneath the letters there is an undercurrent of intellectual activity which broadens their outlook, and we unhesitatingly commend this charming little book for its biautiful plea, its picturesque English, and its quiet heroism. It is a book which makes one thankful for the legacy of perfect health ; it is also a narrative which delights by its tender humour and twilight grace." Liverpool Post. " These letters from a sanatorium belong to the subjective, Arthur Benson School. . . cultured, pensive, sentimental, with the familiar background of sickness striving against the intangible." The Hospital. ERSKINE MACDONALD, LONDON, W.C. adv