This book was a fund raising volume for nursing charities published shortly after the outbreak of WW2, of stories and illustrations by many popular authors and artists of the day.

Original contributions by 50 British Authors & Artists including H Walpole, Ian Hay, A E Mason, J Masefield, T S Eliot, L A G Strong, C Day Lewis, W DeLa Mare, C Morgan, A A Milne, C Roberts, A Noyes, etc. Illustrated by Dulac, Russell Flint, M Lucie Attwell, Branewyn, R Whistler, etc. Dw very slightly frayed, contents very good.

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