The_Queen's_Book_of_the_Red_Cross
The Queen's Book of the Red Cross
1939 World War II fundraising book
The Queen's Book of the Red Cross was published in November 1939 in a fundraising effort to aid the Red Cross during World War II. The book was sponsored by Queen Elizabeth, and its contents were contributed by fifty British authors and artists.
Authors
- A. E. W. Mason, "The Conjurer", a story
- Hugh Walpole, "The Church in the Snow", a story
- John Masefield, "Red Cross", a poem
- Ian Hay, "The Man who had Something Against Him"
- Charles Morgan, "Creative Imagination", an essay
- D. L. Murray, "Only a Sojer!", a story
- T. S. Eliot, "The Marching Song of the Pollicle Dogs", a poem
- T. S. Eliot, "Billy M'Caw: The Remarkable Parrot", a poem
- H. M. Tomlinson, "Ports of Call", a story
- A. A. Milne, "The General Takes Off His Helmet", a play
- Cecil Roberts, "Down Ferry Lane"
- E. M. Delafield, "The Provincial Lady in War-time", a story
- Cedric Hardwicke, "One Man in His Time Plays Many Parts"
- Daphne du Maurier, "The Escort", a story
- Ann Bridge, "Looking Back on May the Sixth, 1935"
- Jan Struther, "Mrs. Miniver makes a List", a story
- Eric Ambler, "The Army of Shadows", a story
- Howard Marshall, "The Fisherman's England"
- Humfrey Jordan, "The Boatswain Yawned", a story
- Alfred Noyes, "A Child's Gallop", a poem
- Alfred Noyes, "The Stranger", a poem
- O. Douglas, "Such an Odd War!", a story
- Howard Spring, "Christmas Honeymoon", a story
- Dorothy Whipple, "No Robbery", a story
- Lord Mottistone, "Tell Them, Warrior"
- L. A. G. Strong, "A Gift from Christy Keogh", a story
- Walter de la Mare, "And So To Bed", a poem
- Walter de la Mare, "Joy", a poem
- Denis Mackail, "It's the Thought that Counts", a story
- Gracie Fields, "On Getting Better"
- C. H. Middleton, "Keep That Garden Going"
- Georgette Heyer, "Pursuit", a story
- Edith Evans, "The Patriotism of Shakespeare", an essay
- H. C. Bailey, "The Thistle Down", a story
- C. Day-Lewis, "Orpheus and Eurydice", a translation from Virgil's "Georgics"
- Ruby Ferguson, "Mrs. Memmary's Visitors", a story
- J. B. Morton, "A Love Song"
- Frank Smythe, "The Crag"
- Mary Thomas, "Our Knitting Forces"
- Collie Knox, "This Flag Still Flies Over All Mankind", homage to the Red Cross
Artists
- Cecil Beaton, a photograph of the Queen
- William Russell Flint, The Words of His Majesty the King, a picture
- Edmund Dulac, a picture
- Frank Brangwyn, a picture
- J. Morton Sale, The Red Cross of Comfort, a picture
- Edmund Blampied, The Symbol, a picture
- Dame Laura Knight, Hop Pickers, a picture
- Bip Pares, a picture
- Arthur Wragg, a picture
- Norman Wilkinson, a picture
- Rex Whistler, In the Wilderness, a picture
- Mabel Lucie Attwell, a picture
- Ivor Novello, We'll Remember, a manuscript of a war song
Elizabeth, Queen consort of George VI, King of Great Britain; T S Eliot; John Masefield; British Red Cross Society; Knights of Malta (1939). The Queen's book of the Red Cross : with a message from Her Majesty the Queen and contributions by fifty British authors and artists : in aid of the Lord Mayor of London's fund for the Red Cross and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. London: Hodder and Stoughton.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) OCLC 1011946