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Lorenza Combe Martin North Devon.

25. March 1915.

Messrs. Thomas Nelson & Son Edinburgh.

Genttlemen:-

Pray permit a general reader at present an invalid, recuperating in the wilds of North Devon to express his ardent gratification for unquestionably the finest work the War has brought forth

"Nelson's History of the War"

a sheer godsend, midst a stack of stodgy stupidity that passes for war literature. One does not require a pair of powerful spectacles or a dictionary always by one's side to read & understand your splendid History. The Plans & maps enlighten the text, instead of confusing it as is usual. But perhaps the greatest compliment I can pay the History is the fact that last Sunday afternoon I held the complete attention of two Boys aged 9 & 11 respectively for two hours by reading the same to them. Your History ought

to be adopted as the text Book of the War in every British school throughout the Empire. My one regret is that I have to wait until the 21st of April for vol. 3.

Believe me

Yours faithfully

F. Chalmers Dixon.

Messrs. Thomas Nelson & Sons.