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100 1 _aMary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood,
_d1897-1965
245 1 0 _aPrincess Mary's Gift Book :
_bAll profits on sale given to the Queen's "Work for Women" Fund which is acting in Conjunction with The National Relief Fund
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2012-05-02
505 0 _aA holiday in bed / J.M. Barrie -- The spy / G.A. Birmingham -- Charlie the cox / Hall Caine -- Canada's word / Ralph Connor -- Bimbashi Joyce / A. Conan Doyle -- The Ant-lion / J.H. Fabre -- An angel of God / Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler -- A model soldier / Charles Garvice -- The land of Let'spretend / Lady Sybil Grant -- Magepa the Buck / H. Rider Haggard -- True Spartan hearts / Beatrice Harraden -- Big steamers / Rudyard Kipling -- A true story from camp / Bishop of London -- The ebony box / A.E.W. Mason -- A spell for a fairy / Alfred Noyes -- Out of the jaws of death / Baroness Orczy -- What can a little chap do? / John Oxenham -- Altogether different / W. Pett Ridge -- The escape / Annie S. Swan -- Fleur-de-lis / Kate Douglas Wiggin.
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Princess Mary's Gift Book" by Countess of Harewood Princess Royal Mary is a collection of stories and illustrations created in the early 20th century. This work features contributions from various noted authors and artists, all united under the noble goal of raising profits for charitable causes, specifically the Queen's "Work for Women" Fund. The collection includes both fiction and poetry, covering a range of delightful narratives that seek to entertain and inspire. The opening of the book includes a heartfelt message from Princess Mary, thanking the contributors for their generosity. It introduces the first story, "A Holiday in Bed," by J.M. Barrie, where the narrator reflects on the concept of enjoying a holiday spent in bed, humorously critiquing the expectations surrounding traditional vacations. The story sets a lighthearted tone, exploring the subjective nature of leisure, and invites readers to appreciate the simple, yet profound joys that can come from moments of rest and comfort. The beginning serves as a delightful preamble to a collection that promises both entertainment and thoughtful reflections. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish literature
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Gift books
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39592
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