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 (5 hr 21 min)

Chapters

A Holiday in Bed	14:14	Read by Greg Giordano
The Spy	17:36	Read by Gabriel Glenn
Charlie the Cox	11:41	Read by Pam Castille
Canada's Word	2:10	Read by Pam Castille
Bimbashi Joyce	21:03	Read by Lynne T
The Ant-Lion	14:38	Read by Steve C
An Angel of God	18:46	Read by Greg Giordano
A Model Soldier	34:25	Read by Pam Castille
The Land of Let's Pretend	7:09	Read by Pam Castille
Magepa the Buck	33:27	Read by Lynne T
True Spartan Hearts	9:35	Read by Linda Jenner
Big Steamers	2:14	Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A True Story From Camp	4:14	Read by Lynne T
The Ebony Box	44:20	Read by Pam Castille
A Spell for a Fairy	5:27	Read by Pam Castille
Out of the Jaws of Death: A Scarlet Pimpernel Story	13:54	Read by ToddHW
What Can A Little Chap Do?	2:27	Read by Greg Giordano
Altogether Different	14:44	Read by Gabriel Glenn
The Escape	18:25	Read by Gabriel Glenn
Fleur-de-Lis	31:26	Read by Pam Castille

Reviews

Something for all the family

(3 stars)

Janelle

I wish I could have seen the original book; I'm sure it would have been lovely with all the illustrations. There's a great variety in the stories and poems in this volume. Little poems and stories for children as well as serious wartime tales for the adults. All the readers were pretty good, so many thanks to them.

(4 stars)

peachesandpits

lovely stories very easy to listen to...