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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;Queen Mary&#039;s Gift Book&#039;&#039; is an article published in the <a href="/wiki/Weekly_Dispatch" title="Weekly Dispatch">Weekly Dispatch</a> on 12 december 1915. == Queen Mary&#039;s Gift Book == <a href="/wiki/File:Weekly-dispatch-1915-12-12-p15-queen-mary-s-gift-book.jpg" title="File:Weekly-dispatch-1915-12-12-p15-queen-mary-s-gift-book.jpg">thumb|250px|right|[[Weekly Dispatch</a> (12 december 1915, p. 3)]] &#039;&#039;&#039;BUY IT — AND EARN THE GRATITUDE OF THE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN MAIMED IN BATTLE.&#039;&#039;&#039; Queen Mary&#039;s Gift Book, in aid of her Majesty&#039;s Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors who have lost their limb...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;Queen Mary&#039;s Gift Book&#039;&#039; is an article published in the [[Weekly Dispatch]] on 12 december 1915.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Queen Mary&#039;s Gift Book ==<br /> [[File:weekly-dispatch-1915-12-12-p15-queen-mary-s-gift-book.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Weekly Dispatch]] (12 december 1915, p. 3)]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;BUY IT — AND EARN THE GRATITUDE OF THE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN MAIMED IN BATTLE.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> Queen Mary&#039;s Gift Book, in aid of her Majesty&#039;s Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for Soldiers and Sailors who have lost their limbs in battle, is again full of good things this year. It costs half a crown, and those who buy it, besides acquiring entertaining literature by some of the greatest modern authors, know that they are earning the gratitude of many maimed soldiers.<br /> <br /> The book opens with a portrait of Queen Mary, from a painting by William Llewellyn, A.R.A. Follows an introduction by John Galsworthy, in which he explains the objects of the Queen&#039;s hospitals; a portrait of the King by A. S. Cope, R.A.; and an essay on &quot;The Pleasures of Reading,&quot; by Mr. A. J. Balfour. Among the many other famous authors who have contributed to the book are E. F. Benson. John Buchan, Hall Caine, Joseph Conrad, [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir A. Conan Doyle]], [[Jerome K. Jerome]], Mrs. Humphry Ward, Joseph Hocking, and Sir Gilbert Parker.<br /> <br /> Sir [[J. M. Barrie]] has written a delightfully humorous short story entitled &quot;The New Dramatist,&quot; in which are described the ambitions and trials of a young would-be playwright and his faithful wife. [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir A. Conan Doyle]]&#039;s contribution is a stirring [[Ypres|poem of the battle of Ypres]]. There are also many excellent reproductions of the paintings of famous artists. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{footer_periodicals}}</div>

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