near and far, on its edges
red and jagged."

"This indeed is a book of the war but it is not like the others. There
is in it nothing that is harsh, cruel, ugly, such as there must be in
nearly every other volume that is wrought about Armageddon. There is
sadness in it but it is a sweet sadness. There is an immensity of
pathos. There is much that is beautiful. And all of it is true."--_The
Daily Telegraph._

"Great in spirit ... a book that will surely outlive the war."--_The
Graphic._

G. P. Putnam's Sons

New York London

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