Second Series

By

Donald Hankey

With an Introduction by J. St. Loe Strachey

Editor of The Spectator

New York

B.P. Dutton & Co.

681 Fifth Avenue

CONTENTS

SOMETHING ABOUT "A STUDENT IN ARMS"

AUTHOR'S FOREWORD

(Being Extracts from Letters to his Sister)

I

THE POTENTATE1

II

THE BAD SIDE OF MILITARY SERVICE

III

THE GOOD SIDE OF "MILITARISM"

IV

A MONTH'S REFLECTIONS

V

ROMANCE

VI

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS

I

VII

THE FEAR OF DEATH IN WAR

VIII

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS

II

TWO DAYS LATER

IX

THE WISDOM OF "A STUDENT IN ARMS"

X

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS

III

XI

LETTER TO AN ARMY CHAPLAIN2

XII

"DON'T WORRY"

XIII

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS

IV

AU COIFFEUR

XIV

A PASSING IN JUNE, 1915

PROLOGUE

ACT I. DAWN

ACT II. MIDDAY

ACT III. LATE AFTERNOON

ACT IV. SUNSET

XV

MY HOME AND SCHOOL3

A Fragment of Autobiography

I

MY HOME

II

SCHOOL

SOME NOTES ON THE FRAGMENT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY "HILDA"