Princess Mary's Gift Book


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(3.9 stars; 11 reviews)

In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors of the time for the purpose of raising funds for the "Work For Women Fund". A few of the outstanding authors represented in this sparkling collection are J.M. Barrie with is essay on A Holiday in Bed; A. Conan Doyle; J.H. Fabre the naturalist with his well know description of The Ant-Lion; H. Ryder Haggard; Rudyard Kipling; Alfred Noyes ("A Spell for a Fairy"); Baroness Orczy (yes, that one); and Kate Douglas Wiggin. - Summary by Phil Chenevert (5 hr 21 min)

Kapitel

A Holiday in Bed 14:14 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
The Spy 17:36 Gelesen von Gabriel Glenn
Charlie the Cox 11:41 Gelesen von Pam Castille
Canada's Word 2:10 Gelesen von Pam Castille
Bimbashi Joyce 21:03 Gelesen von Lynne T
The Ant-Lion 14:38 Gelesen von Steve C
An Angel of God 18:46 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
A Model Soldier 34:25 Gelesen von Pam Castille
The Land of Let's Pretend 7:09 Gelesen von Pam Castille
Magepa the Buck 33:27 Gelesen von Lynne T
True Spartan Hearts 9:35 Gelesen von Linda Jenner
Big Steamers 2:14 Gelesen von Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A True Story From Camp 4:14 Gelesen von Lynne T
The Ebony Box 44:20 Gelesen von Pam Castille
A Spell for a Fairy 5:27 Gelesen von Pam Castille
Out of the Jaws of Death: A Scarlet Pimpernel Story 13:54 Gelesen von ToddHW
What Can A Little Chap Do? 2:27 Gelesen von Greg Giordano
Altogether Different 14:44 Gelesen von Gabriel Glenn
The Escape 18:25 Gelesen von Gabriel Glenn
Fleur-de-Lis 31:26 Gelesen von Pam Castille

Bewertungen

Something for all the family


(3 stars)

I wish I could have seen the original book; I'm sure it would have been lovely with all the illustrations. There's a great variety in the stories and poems in this volume. Little poems and stories for children as well as serious wartime tales for the adults. All the readers were pretty good, so many thanks to them.


(4 stars)

lovely stories very easy to listen to...