Princess Mary's Gift Book

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Princess Mary's Gift Book

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


Listen next episodes of Princess Mary's Gift Book:
A Spell for a Fairy , A True Story From Camp , Altogether Different , Big Steamers , Fleur-de-Lis , Magepa the Buck , Out of the Jaws of Death: A Scarlet Pimpernel Story , The Ebony Box , The Escape , The Land of Let's Pretend , True Spartan Hearts , What Can A Little Chap Do?