WRIT IN BARRACKS
BY
EDGAR WALLACE
METHUEN AND CO.
36 ESSEX STREET: STRAND
LONDON
1900
Colonial Library
DEDICATION
TO THE RANK AND FILE OF
THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
AMONGST WHOM I SPENT SIX HAPPY YEARS
OF MY LIFE, THIS COLLECTION OF VERSES
MOSTLY WRITTEN IN BARRACKS
IS ADMIRINGLY
DEDICATED
RONDEBOSCH
April 4, 1900
'Ginger James' appeared originally in the'Daily Chronicle,' 'Make your own Arrangements'in the 'Pall Mall Gazette,' as also did'T. A. in Love.' 'Legacies' is reproduced bythe kind permission of the 'Daily News,' and'Arthur' and 'Her Majesty has been Pleased—'of the 'Evening News.' Most of the others arenew to the English reader.
CONTENTS
WAR
ARMY DOCTOR
NICHOLSON'S NEK
MY PAL, THE BOER
SONG OF THE FIRST TRAIN THROUGH
THE NAVAL BRIGADE
THE ARMOURED TRAIN
MAKE YOUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS
GINGER JAMES
'HER MAJESTY HAS BEEN PLEASED—'
ARTHUR
LEGACIES
T. A. IN LOVE
TOMMY ADVISES
THE NUMBER ONE
BRITANNIA TO HER FIRST-BORN
TOMMY TO HIS LAUREATE
THE MISSION THAT FAILED
THE PRAYER
CEASE FIRE
TOMMY'S AUTOGRAPH
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