Excerpt from Essays in Brief for War-Time These little papers were nearly all written during the early stress of the battle at Verdun, and helped to carry me through the strain of that very critical time. I have on this account added the dates of their composition. I do not suppose that they will find more than a few readers; but friends have liked to hear them read aloud, and may wish to read them to others. They are very short, for I have tried not to waste a single word, and printing is now an expensive process. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.