The sun., 1915-12-19
EDITS A WAR BOOK.
Mrs. Edith wharton Ala. rrc,r,
children.

less" c'Lc I.lvre les Saws. .Fo,,,
,Scribncrs), edited by Edith Wharf.
IL to he sold for the benefit OF tho Nr,.,
lean Hostcls for Refugees aud the en-
drcn Of Flanders Rescue Committee. ~.
book consists OF origuo. ana unpubl.sbe .
contributions Of Bcly'an. Frc.-n. +. .
Iish. italian and American writers. NJ,
lists and composers.
Mrs Wharton furnishes preface t,
which she tells abou, tho work uf these
two charities. the difficulties iu ,o,..
tinuing IL and the conception and COZ.
summation Of this book as mcaus r..
doing So. And Theodore Roosevelt h
written an introduct'oi.
The contributors Of poetry are La,.
renee Binyon. Rupert Brooke. T. ,'isud.
Jean tocteau. tomtessc de No,.us,
Henri de Reguier, Roberi Grant. Thom.
Hardy. ". y. lIowclls. Francis .lamn,.
Alice Meyrell. Josephine Preston Pea.
body. Lila Cabot Perry. f. EoetanI
q. Santayana. Edith NJ. Thomas uer
bert Trench. r.. NJ. Ncrhaercu HARE
Wendell Edith Wharton. Matgarct l..
Woods and W. u. Yeats
Tho contributors Of prose are M,urlrs
Bnrrcs. Jacques Emile Blanche. Sara.
Bernhardt. faul Bourget. Joseph ,'on.
ii. Eleoaofs Duse. Jonn Galsuor,b.
Edmund Gosse. Paul IIervicr. Gou Hum.
bert. Henry James, Gen Junrc. N Mae.
terlnck. Il. s. Martin. Paul Elmer Nor
agnes Rcppli"r Andre Saurcs aud Mr.
iIumphry ward
The contributors of tho pictures. wh .
prc reproduced hv th" pho'ugrsyt-.
process except IN the ca.c of numb
printed IN fun colors. are Leon Balg
MaN Beerbohn. j. r. BLurhc. Edv
Rowland Blashfield. Leon Bouna'. nag
nan -Bouyerct. Walter Gay. =. H.. Gerum.
e. ~. Gibson. Rene Mcuard. claude No.
not. Rcuolr. Rodin. Van R,s-olhorg
and John :. Sargent.
There are two Con;r.hut ons m mus
musical acorc: LA legcndc dc q
thristophc." 10y Vincent Il Indy ar
souvenir d'rne marchc bochc BY lgn-
stray insk!.
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r.cty Of subject in thcsc contribution,
yet the book derives general unit,
from tie fact that in most eases -
war has been The source OF IN" authors
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