"As the book had to go through the press in haste I am sorry to
write to you that there are some printers' devils, especially in
English spelling."
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"Nelson himself being a Suckling on his mother's
side."--_Observer_.
We cannot know too much about the early history of our heroes.
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"Captain William Redmond, son of Mr. John Redmond, has been
awarded the D.S.O. He was commanding in a fierce fight and was
blown out of a shell hole, sustaining a sprained knee and ankle.
He rallied his men, and by promptly forming a defensive flank
saved his part of the line."--_Daily Express_.
This must have been in Sir WALTER SCOTT'S proleptic mind when he wrote
(in _Rokeby_):--
"Young Redmond, soil'd with smoke and blood,
Cheering his mates with heart and hand
Still to make good their desperate stand."
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[Illustration: A BIRTHDAY GREETING FOR HINDENBURG.
F.M. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG (_sings_). "O I'LL TAK' THE HIGH ROAD
AN' YE'LL TAK' THE LOW ROAD...."
{The enemy has been fighting desperately to prevent us from occupying
the ridges above the Ypres-Menin road, and so forcing him to face the
winter on the low ground.}]
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[Illustration: INFORMATION TO THE ENEMY.
_Wife._ "I CALL IT SIMPLY SCANDALOUS THAT THE PAPERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO PUBLISH THE DATES WHEN THE MOON IS FULL."]
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