This is a neat old piece of Military history. Are the stories truth or fiction? Only the author knows for sure. This book was published in 1894 by The Colonial Company, Boston. The book measures 5 inches by 7 ¼ inches and contains 211 pages. The dark green cloth cover has gilt title and pictorial on the front and gilt title on the spine. The cover shows minor signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages show no signs of rips or foxing. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this wonderful old book is near very good.

Contents:

The March of the Forth Thieves
A Tale of Two Towers
One from the Veteran ,br> Woodleigh, Q.M.
The Kerwick Cup
Officially Reported
Special Orders, No. 49

Excerpt - Preface:
The seven fables flanked by the covers of this book have to do with as many strange and wonderful happenings in the history of an infantry regiment – an infantry regiment of volunteers – in time of peace. They are seasoned abundantly, from end to end, with that which is stranger than fiction, but they differ slightly from ‘muster-rolls for pay,’ which, I am informed, one has to submit under oath.

If you are of the volunteer service, you may be trusted, I think, to catch the spirit of these stories; if you are of The Army, you may consider the tales as illustrative of the customs of a service to which your own is but distantly related; but if it is your great misfortune to be an out-and-out civilian – why, then you must take your chance with what follows, and lay no blame upon me should you find yourself on unfamiliar ground…
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