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Princess Mary's Gift Book

_I desire to express my very best thanks to the Authors and Artists who have so generously contributed to my Gift Book._

Princess Mary's Gift Book

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Princess Mary's Gift Book

HODDER & STOUGHTON LONDON · NEW YORK · TORONTO

H.R.H. PRINCESS MARY _Frontispiece_ _Painting by_ J. J. SHANNON, R.A.

PAGE A HOLIDAY IN BED _J. M. Barrie_ 1 Author of "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens." _Painting by_ W. RUSSELL FLINT, A.R.W.S., _and Drawings by_ C. E. BROCK

THE SPY _G. A. Birmingham_ 9 _Drawings by_ H. R. MILLAR Author of "General John Regan."

CHARLIE THE COX _Hall Caine_ 17 _Painting by_ CHARLES NAPIER HEMY, R.A., _and_ Author of "The Manxman." _Drawings by_ ARCH WEBB

CANADA'S WORD _Ralph Connor_ 22 _Drawings by_ A. J. GOUGH Author of "The Sky Pilot."

BIMBASHI JOYCE _A. Conan Doyle_ 23 Author of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." _Painting and Drawings by_ R. TALBOT KELLY, R.I.

THE ANT-LION _J. H. Fabre_ 31 _Painting and Drawings by_ E. J. DETMOLD ("The Insects' Homer").

AN ANGEL OF GOD _Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler_ 35 _Drawings by_ STEVEN SPURRIER, R.I. Author of "Concerning Isabel Carnaby."

A MODEL SOLDIER _Charles Garvice_ 43 _Drawings by_ J. H. HARTLEY Author of "Nance."

THE LAND OF LET'SPRETEND _Lady Sybil Grant_ 57 Author of "The Chequer Board." _Painting and Drawings by_ ARTHUR RACKHAM, R.W.S.

MAGEPA THE BUCK _H. Rider Haggard_ 63 _Drawings by_ J. BYAM SHAW, A.R.W.S. Author of "She."

TRUE SPARTAN HEARTS _Beatrice Harraden_ 75 Author of "Ships that Pass in the Night." _Painting and Decorations by_ EDMUND DULAC

BIG STEAMERS _Rudyard Kipling_ 79 Author of "The Jungle Book." _Painting and Drawings by_ NORMAN WILKINSON, R.I.

A TRUE STORY FROM CAMP _The Bishop of London_ 81 _Drawings by_ JOSEPH SIMPSON, R.B.A.

THE EBONY BOX _A. E. W. Mason_ 83 _Painting and Drawings by_ W. B. WOLLEN, R.I. Author of "The Turnstile."

A SPELL FOR A FAIRY _Alfred Noyes_ 101 Author of "A Tale of Old Japan." _Painting and Drawings by_ CLAUDE A. SHEPPERSON, A.R.W.S.

OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH: A PIMPERNEL STORY _Baroness Orczy_ 105 _Painting by_ A. C. MICHAEL _and_ Author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel." _Drawings by_ H. M. BROCK, R.I.