THE ANZAC BOOK.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 123, 25 May 1916, Page 5

THE ANZAC BOOK.

A VALUABLE WORK

FIRST EDITION SOLD BEFORE PUBLISHED.

LONDON, May 24. Cassells are publishing a half-dol-lar Anzac JB'ook, written and illustrated at Gallipoli by Anzacs. It is to be sold for the benefit of Australasian patriotic funds. A large edition was sold out before publication. There are 170 pages. The cover design consists of an Anzac, backed by a Union Jack, holding a bayonet and defying the enemy. The introduction is by General Bird wood, who touchingly refers to the eight months spent on Gallipoli, where he made many r ast friends of ail ranks. “I shall over value the friendship,” says the writer. “My pen is incapable of describing to Australasians and their fellow countrymen the courage and determination of those who fought and gave up their lives for King and Country’s sake.” The volume is interspersed with photographs and graphic pictures in colour and line by Ted Colles, Crozier, Wimbush, Leys, Hon. /White, Capt. Bean, Roach and others.