OVER HERE
THE STORY OF "OVER THERE"
EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD READ IT
HOW TO LIVE AT THE FRONT
By Hector MacQuarrie, B.A., Cantab.
Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery
Illustrated, $1.35 net
"A Masterpiece"—New York Sun
Your Son, Brother or Friend in Arms
It is your duty to instruct and advise him as to what is instore for him at the front. This book will give you thefacts,—read it and counsel your boy for his physical andspiritual good, or better still send him a copy and call hisattention to the chapters that you think will be of thegreatest value to him.
If You Are an American
Read it for the true facts it will give you of the livingand working and fighting under actual war conditions. Itwill help you understand what difficulties face our army,both officers and men, in France. You will thereafter readthe war news and letters from the front with deeper sympathyand greater understanding.
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IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA
BY A BRITISH OFFICER
HECTOR MacQUARRIE, B.A., Cantab.
SECOND LIEUTENANT, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
AUTHOR OF "HOW TO LIVE AT THE FRONT"
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1918
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED APRIL, 1918
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER
A MacQUARRIE OF ULVA WHO
DIED ON DECEMBER 24, 1917
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
PREFACE
A DEFENSIVE BARRAGE
During a year spent largely in Pennsylvania, with occasional visits toother states, I have found little to criticise, but rather much toadmire, much indeed to love. America now means a great deal to me, sinceit contains so many people that I have learnt to care for, so I want tolet my cousins as well as my own countrymen know my thoughts.
From the day that I landed in New York until the present moment, I havebeen treated with a kindliness that surpasses anything I thoughtpossible in this world. I have been able to see, I hope, wheremisunderstanding has arisen, and, being a Highland Scotchman, I am ableto express my feelings.
I have written more about persons than about places. Sometimes I laugh alittle, but never unkindly; and I do this because I realize thatAmerican people rather appreciate a joke even at their own expense.
Often I have heard, over here,