Our Brave Soldiers

London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, 1916. Hardcover. Good. The book supplied neither the publishing date nor the names of author or illustrator, so the 1917 date and identification of Charles Robinson as illustrator come from the British Library entry for this work. The book is complete, but has many condition problems. The front cover is bright, with edgewear and rounded corners and handling. The back cover also has water stains. This is a cutaway book, with an opening in the front cover to show an illustration on the title page. The opening has one chip of paper missing from the top edge. The 'belongs to' box on the inside of the front cover has been completed (dated December 25th/17). The paper on the title page has darkened, particularly where the cutawy exposed the paper to air. Excluding the title page, the book has 31 unnumbered pages, including four full-page colour illustrations, and many smaller black and white ones within the text. The paper covering the back hinge, but the binding itself is intact. The back cover contains an advertisement for "Rule Britannia: a Book About Our Navy for Little Folk", also illustrated by Charles Robinson and presumably a companion volume to this. Synopsis: This is an introduction to the British Army for young children. Although well-illustrated, the emphasis is on the information in the text. Contents: The training of the soldier; -- In barracks; -- In camp; -- The Royal Flying Corps; -- Our Indian and colonial forces; -- On the march; -- An army in the field.