War Books Review Highlights Ambulance Tales and Frontline Impressions
A survey of contemporary war literature notes ambulance drivers Buswell and Sheahan describe front life near Alsace in Ambulance No 10 and A Volunteer Pollu while William Boyd writes of Ypres and gas attacks. Other works include General Joffre and His Battles by Raymond Recouly and The Vermilion Box by E V Lucas offering wartime letters and humor alongside grim realism and moral resolve across various theaters.
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Houghton, Mifflin
Leslie Buswell
Pollu
Henry Sheahan
Ypres
Doran
William Boyd
Mr. Buswell
Mr. Sheahan
Alsace
Pont-a-Mouson
Sheahan
Boyd
University of Manitoba
Calais
Joffre
Scribner
Raymond Recouly
Marne
E. V. Lucas
Lucas
England
The Breath of the Dragon by A H Fitch Frontis
A. H. Fitch presents a vivid China tale from the Empress Dowager palace to the King of beggars. The work blends romance and adventure with lively scenes and strong storytelling praised by the Troy Record for its gripping narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Fitch
China
The Cab of the Sleeping Horse
The Philadelphia Record reviews The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by John Reed Scott, noting a Washington diplomatic intrigue premise and a somnolent protagonist. The novel promises mystery with multiple solvable situations and original detective storytelling.
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Washington
John Reed Scott
Philadelphia Record
New Haven Railroad Builds Massive Coal Field at Holbrook
The New Haven railroad has laid aside 175000 tons of coal at Holbrook Massachusetts, covering 12 acres and rising over 26 feet high to guard against a winter famine. Temperature monitoring via two inch pipes prompts steam shovel shifts if 160 degrees is reached.
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New Haven Railroad
Holbrook
Mass
New Haven
Ofe
Hebronville
Midway
Conn
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Salary cuts blamed as 40 percent rise hits cost of living
William McAndrew of the New York Public Schools warns a 40 percent rise in food clothing and shelter erodes salaries and urges raises for educators. Dr A A Berle of Cambridge discusses immigrant citizenship and Americanism stressing inclusive nationalism.
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William McAndrew
Board of Superintendants
New York Public Schools
New England
Jacob Sleeper
A. A. Berle
Cambridge
Massachusetts League For Political Education
Woman Identified After Sudden Illness at South Station
A well dressed woman taken ill in the South Station waiting room Thursday was identified as Mrs. Alice Buckley of 15 Mercer Street South Boston. She was first recognized by the head nurse and confirmed by a married daughter. Mrs Buckley will be moved home in a few days.
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South Station
City Hospital
Alice Buckley
Mercer Street
South Boston
Sober Works by Symphony at Symphony Hall
Anton Witek, concert master, played Brahms violin concerto with Karl Muck conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Haydn's Symphony in C minor and Smetana's Wallenstein's Camp were praised for color and vigor, though the orchestra's size and tempo choices drew critique.
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Anton Witek
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karl Muck
Symphony Hall
Witek
Brahms
Haydn
Smetana
Schiller
Wallenstein
Muck
London
Mozart
Strauss
Wilhelm Gericke
Debussy
Smetona
D'Indy
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de Castelnau
Argonne Forest
Verdun
Palestine
Gallipoli
A. John Gallishaw
Dodd, Mead
Frederick Palmer
France
Phil Sanford
Flanders
Irish Republic
Luce
L. G. Redmond-Howard
Dublin
John Redmond
Metropole
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Robert Grant
Boston
Rheims
Paris
Kipling
Europe
Adamson
Troy
By John Reed Scott
Red Hussars
J. P. Putnam’s Sons
John Barleycorn
Michigan
Nebraska
South Dakota
Montana
Florida
Utah
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Oregon
Germany
Belgium
Siberia
Mitteleuropa
Everett
Ash
Yvette
Literary Digest
Japan
Philippines
Iterar Ary Digest
Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York
New Haven Road
Georgina
Annie Fellows Johnston
Haydn, Brahms and
BY Olin Downes
Katherine M. LeFleur
Edward B. LeFleur
Jenney
Equity
Superior Court
E. W. Grove
HE Book of
Robert Shackleton
Shackleton
THE
Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Battle
Christ
Boston Campaign
Rodeheaver and
Gabriel
Joe Toye
Tomorrow’s Sunday Post
Billy Sunday
Plymouth Rock
Sunday Post
Harvard
Yale
Leo Leary
To Haughton
Mal Logan
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