a bare mention of such omissions is perhaps un

gracious.

The compiling of such a record in song as this, needs in itself little apology. Whatever our views as to the evils of war and of the causes that give it birth, all may at least unite in admiration of the nobler elements of human nature which war inevitably calls forth. The editor hopes that it is this aspect of war which the present collection of poems will be found to emphasize.

The editor desires to express his great indebtedness to the following writers and publishers for their kind permission to include copyright poems:—

Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Messrs. Methuen for "Ford o'
Kabul River" and the "Hymn before Action," from
"Barrack-room Ballads" and "The Seven Seas" re-
spectively

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for "The Song of the Bow "'
from "Songs of Action"

Mr. Henry Newbolt for "Drake's Drum "

from "The Island Race"

and "Waggon Hill"

from "The Sailing of the Long Ships"

Smith Elder

Elkin Matthews

John Murray

Mr. W. G. Hole for "The Road to Ladysmith "

from "Poems Lyrical and Dramatic" Elkin Matthews Professor Housman and Mr. Grant Richards for “1887"*

from "A Shropshire Lad"

The Reverend L. MacLean Watt for "The Grey Mother"
Messrs. Kegan Paul & Co. for "The Fight at Maldon "

from Mr. A. C. Auchmuty's "Poems of English Hero-
ism"

The Walter Scott Publishing Company for "The Brave
Cameron "

from the late Professor Blackie's "Lays of the High-
lands and Islands "

Messrs. Macmillan for "The Red Thread of Honour,"
"The Private of the Buffs," and "The Return of
the Guards

from the late Sir F. H. Doyle's "Return of the Guards'

and for "Elizabeth at Tilbury"

from "The Visions of England" by the late Professor
Palgrave