War libraries and allied studies . THE BRITISH WAR LIBRARY 77 printed copies of six of the best novels in the Englishlanguage, bound in dark blue and red washable buck-ram. The English and Foreign Bible Society gaveeighty thousand copies of little khaki-covered Gospels,printed on thin paper with the Red Cross or the UnionJack decorating the cover. In November, 191^, the Admiralty asked the WarLibrary organization to supply the sailors in the NorthSea Fleet at the rate of a book a man. Not only wasthis done, but boxes of books were sent to all the guardsaround the coasts of the British Isles, t
War libraries and allied studies . THE BRITISH WAR LIBRARY 77 printed copies of six of the best novels in the Englishlanguage, bound in dark blue and red washable buck-ram. The English and Foreign Bible Society gaveeighty thousand copies of little khaki-covered Gospels,printed on thin paper with the Red Cross or the UnionJack decorating the cover. In November, 191^, the Admiralty asked the WarLibrary organization to supply the sailors in the NorthSea Fleet at the rate of a book a man. Not only wasthis done, but boxes of books were sent to all the guardsaround the coasts of the British Isles, the Shetlandand Orkney Isles, and the West Coast of the Camps Library was organized by Sir Ed-ward Ward and the Hon. Mrs. Anstruther, for thestrong and healthy soldiers in camps and trenches,the originators of the War Library met with thepromoters of the new scheme and discussed a divisionof labor. The field of work was increasing to suchan extent that it was agreed that the War Libraryshould look after the unfit in th
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