from the archives of the university of Texas who holds the orginal papers associated with the publicaiton of this book. Not in Reillyh

Minchin, Humphrey Cotton Inventory of The Legion Papers: 1927-1935 1.5 linear ft. The Legion, edited by Captain H. Cotton Minchin, is a compilation of various literary pieces and art works submitted by various writers and artists. The patron of this book was the Prince of Wales (Later King Edward VIII) as a means to raise funds for the British Legion. The Legion Archive contains letters from various authors and artists, as well as miscellaneous documents and artwork. This collection contains 420 articles. Rare MSS 00149 English. Biographical Note

British Captain Humphrey Cotton Minchin served as editor for The Legion book, which was commissioned by the Prince of Wales as a way to raise funds for the Royal British Legion, a charity organization that donates to current soldiers and veterans, as suggested by King George V. Not much is known about the editor. Some of the writing contributors include Rudyard Kipling, Edmund Blunden, Hilaire Belloc, Sir Henry Newbolt, and Sir Winston S. Churchill, who also wrote The Jungle Book (1894), Undertones of War (1928), The Path to Rome (1902), Vitai Lampada (1897), The World Crisis (1923-31), respectively. There are fifty artistic contributors, which include: Jacob Epstien, who also sculpted St Michael's Victory over the Devil (1958), Muirhead Bone, who also sketched A View in Flanders behind the Lines, Showing Locre and the Tops of Dug-Outs on the Scherpenber (1915), Paul Nash who also painted The Ypres Salient at Night (1917-18), and Sir William Orpen who also painted Zonnebeke (1918). The contributors to The Legion were some of the most talented British subjects in their field, who composed new and special works of art or literature to be compiled into The Legion.