great war. At the front, it is said that the most impor tant order of the day is not a trench raid, a gas attack, or a big bombardment, but, first, food, and next the mail. At home, the mail would probably be put first. Many of the letters reveal not only an unexpected literary talent, since most of the writ ers are very young, but invariably a wonderful Spirit: the spirit of the good soldier quick to te sent injustice and wrong, eager to fight for what he believes is right, and Willing to die for it, too.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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