My "Little Bit"
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. ENGLAND 19184. SAVAGE GLORY AN APPEAL AGAINST WAR5. FOR BELGIUM! THE PRAYER OF THE ALLIES (Written for “King Albert’s Book”)6. THE GREAT UNREST7. THE WHIRLWIND8. THE KAISER’S HARVEST OF DEATH A CRIME OF STUPIDITY (First published in the “Sunday Times”)9. THIS AMAZING WAR A WOMAN’S POINT OF VIEW (Reprinted by special request from the “Sunday Pictorial” of March 28, 1915)10. “ALL WE LIKE SHEEP” A PEOPLE’S PATIENCE (First published in the “Sunday Times”)11. WANTED—MORE WOMEN! AN APPEAL (Written for the London “Daily Chronicle”)12. THE QUALITY OF MERCY AN APPEAL TO AMERICA FOR SUFFERERS IN THE GREAT WAR (Written by special request for the American “Committee of Mercy”)13. STARVING BELGIUM AN APPEAL (Written by request for Mr. Hoover’s “Belgium Relief Fund,” and circulated through the United States Press)14. “THE TIME OF OUR LIVES” OUR WOMEN IN WAR (An answer to an American misjudgment)15. THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEED AN APPEAL TO THE SANITY OF GOVERNMENTS ’Tis a mad world, my masters.—J. Taylor16. HAS CHRISTIANITY FAILED?17. SNOOKS’S OPINION18. SEA POWER, 1805–191819. THE SPLENDID SERVICE OF THE SEA (Written by request for the Navy League)20. THE LILIES OF FRANCE (Written by request for “The Golden Book of France”)21. “WHOSO SHALL RECEIVE ONE SUCH LITTLE CHILD!” (Written on behalf of St. Nicholas Home for “Raid-shock” Children at Chailry, Sussex)22. APPEAL FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS (Written for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, July, 1918)23. GLORY OF THE WORCESTERS (Written by request in aid of the Homes for Disabled Worcestershire Soldiers and Sailors) A TRIBUTE TO A FAMOUS REGIMENT24. EYES OF THE SEA (Written by special request of the Directors for the British and Foreign Sailors’ Society) A TRIBUTE TO THE GRAND FLEET AND ADMIRAL BEATTY25. IS ALL WELL WITH ENGLAND? A QUESTION OF THE MOMENT26. THE WORLD IN TEARS27. GOD AND THE WAR (Written for “Some 1918 Reflections.” A collection arranged by Guy Glendower Croft)28. TRIUMPH OF WOMANHOOD (Written for the Scottish Women’s Hospital)29. IN PRAISE OF ENEMIES (Published in the “Sunday Times”)30. RECRUITING SPEECH (Delivered in the De Montfort Hall, Leicester)31. SPLENDID CANADA A TRIBUTE32. SHELLS; AND OTHER SHELLS (Written by request for the Magazine published on behalf of the Munition Workers of Georgetown, Paisley) A THOUGHT33. DARKNESS AND LIGHT (Written at the request of Sir Arthur Pearson as the Prologue to an Entertainment on behalf of St. Dunstan’s Hostel for Soldiers and Sailors Blinded in the War)34. SWEEPING THE COUNTRY35. TO SAVE LIFE OR DESTROY IT? A CHALLENGE TO CERTAIN CLERGY (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)36. THE WAR LOAN HOW IT MIGHT BE INCREASED (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)37. FOOD PRODUCTION A PLEA FOR COMMON SENSE (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)38. OUR FORTUNATE “RESTRICTIONS” (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)39. “HIS PAINFUL DUTY” THE SORROWS OF THE HOME SECRETARY (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)40. THE POTATO “SCREAM” A PROTEST AGAINST A STUPID PANIC (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)41. “HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF” A STUDY IN WAR BREAD (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)42. “SHODDY CHIVALRY” A NAVAL CHADBAND (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)43. “HINDENBURG’S EYE!” THE BABIES’ BOGEY (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)44. “HOARDING” A MODERN SETTING OF AN OLD PLAY AND A LITTLE STORY OF THE Y.M.C.A.45. THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF FAME AVE SHAKESPEARE!46. SHAKESPEARE’S WAR BIRTHDAY IN 1917 NEGLECTED HONOURS47. “DON’T TRAVEL” A HARD HIT (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)48. “TE DEUM LAUDAMUS” THE GREAT THANKSGIVING (Published in the “Pall-Mall Gazette”)49. THE WOMEN’S VOTE NATURE VERSUS POLITICS50. A “HAPPY THOUGHTS” DAY (Written specially for the Grantham Red Cross Outings Fund)51. WHY DID I——?52. IN THE HUSH OF THE DAWN A THOUGHT