Princess Mary's Gift Book


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(3.9 stars; 11 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

Something for all the family


(3 stars)

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)

lovely stories very easy to listen to...