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The Yi'Res Times,
THE IMMORTAL SALIENT.
The book will be of value, for the careful
description of twenty-four routes of pilgrimage
radiating from Ypres, with mention of the deathless
spots passed, the memorials, and the cemeteries.
February 19th. The Times Literary Supplem nt.
THE GLORY OF YPRES.
A Memorial in Writing of Wonderful Deeds.
This is a book which no Briton worthy of the
name can read without the blood coursing more
swiftly through his veins. It is a book that recalls
terrible days, yet days of glorious and immortal
memory. Pilgrims of the district will find it
simply invaluable to the nation at large it comes
as a precious memorial of what our soldiers
suffered and what they achieved.
February 5th. Western Mail.
MEMORIES OF THE SALIENT.
The Old and New Ypres.
Everyone should buy this book, if only because
it is in every line what a guide to the Ypres
Salient should be.
It is extraordinarily cheap, containing as it
does, two excellent maps, four fine coloured illus
trations, and two half-tone reproductions of photo
graphs, which show what the Salient was like in
those long years when it was the Gethsemane of
our race. Every point of topographical import
ance in the battles which raged so continuously
is noted, and brief but clear accounts of the four
main battles are given.
January 30th. Daily Mail.
It is gratifying to record the immediate success of the publication of this Guide Book the first
and second editions are already sold out.
The book was produced at the lowest possible cost and, as stated in the preface, it was not desired
to make money out of its sale. The first end second editions have paid their way. All the literary
work was given voluntarily by the distinguished contributors, and Miss Beatrix Brice edited it and
wrote the letter-press where not otherwise indicated.
If the third edition is patronised to the same extent it is hoped to make a profit, fifty per cent,
of which will be expended on sending relatives to visit the graves who cannot afford to pay their own
charges.
It has been recognised that the maps in the pocket of the book may get spoilt while touring the
battlefields, and that many pilgrims visiting the Salient would require the maps and not the bcok.
The War Office have therefore generously printed some extra maps, which can be obtained from the
League, price one shilling each. These maps are intended only for the use of pilgrims, or to replace
those damaged in use.
W. P. PULTENEY,
June, 1925. Lieut.-General.
The Immortal Salient can be secured abroad through the following agents
Canada Tyrrell Co., Young Street, Toronto.
Australia Angus Robertson, Sydney.
Dunwell Co., Sydney.
Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
India Thacker Co., Bombay.
Thacker Spinks, Calcutta.
Newnes Co., Calcutta.
Writing on the subject of The Immortal Salient, Miss Douglas Pennant says When this
admirable volume was published I was in India and it was delightful to hear of its great and immediate
success. Indeed its all-round excellence could not fail to gain instant recognition. There is an
increasing demand for it, and the third edition is already selling rapidly. Every member of the League
should possess a copy himself and persuade his friends and his club to buy one, for the perfection of
the maps alone makes it a work that will be of lasting value to anyone studying the defence of the
Salient.
"I received my advance copy at Rawal Pindi and showed it to General Sir Claud Jacob (commanding
the Northern Army), who warmly commended it. Sir Claud Jacob, who is now acting Commander-in-
Chief until Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood goes out to India to take up the command in the
autumn, was one of the League's first members.
"With the whole British Empire the Ypres League has suffered heavily by the recent deaths of
Field Marshal the Earl of Ypres and of General Lord Rawlinson, late Commander-in-Chief in India.
The Executive Committee and Members will now have to re-double their efforts to carry out the objects
which these two great men had so deeply at heart.
"It will be recalled that when Lord Rawlinson presided on September 28th, 1920, at the inaugural
meeting of the Ypres League, he brought forward the proposal to build a belfry at Ypres as a memorial
to the 200,000 British soldiers who sacrificed their lives in its heroic defence. And at the Exhibition
of pictures, relics, etc., held by the League on July 10th and 11th last summer, Field Marshal
the Earl of Ypres, in his opening address, definitely announced that the League hoped shortly to build
such a memorial.
We feel that they, being dead yet speak, and on us devolves the duty of carrying through their
noble project."
