actual, the convincing
touch of the true.

Mr. Harvey was among the very first to obey the call of "King and
Country," tarrying only, I believe, to finish his afterwards popular
poster of "A Pair of Silk Stockings" for the Criterion production. To
join the Colours as a private soldier, he left his colours as an artist,
throwing up an established and hardly-won position in the world of his
profession, into which--sent home shot and poisoned--he must now fight
his way back. His ante-war experiences of sojourn and travel in India,
South and East Africa, South America, Egypt and the Mediterranean should
again stand him in good stead, for the more an artist has learned the
more comprehensive his treasury of impressions and recollections; the
more he has seen the more he can show. To Mr. Harvey's studies of
Egyptian life, character and customs was undoubtedly attributable the
success of his "Market Scene in Cairo," exhibited in the Royal Academy
of 1909. Purchased by a French connoisseur, this picture brought its
painter several special commissions.

I venture to express the opinion that the simple, direct and soldierly
style in which Mr. Harold Harvey has written the notes that accompany
his illustrations will be appreciated. His reticence as regards his own
doings, the casual nature of his references--where they could not be
avoided--to his personal share in great achievements, manifest a spirit
of self-effacement that is characteristic of the men of the army in
which he fought; men whose like the world has never known.

ROBERT OVERTON.

TO

=LADY ANGELA FORBES=

WHOSE WORK FOR SOLDIERS IN FRANCE AND AT HOME HAS BEEN AS UNTIRING
AS IT HAS BEEN UNOSTENTATIOUS.

CONTENTS

FORENOTE

=ON THE WAY TO THE FRONT.=

Chapter

I.--FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO MALTA

II.--FROM MALTA TO MARSEILLES

III.--FROM MARSEILLES TO ARMENTIERES

=AT THE FRONT.=

Chapter

IV.--SOME SAMPLE EXCITEMENTS OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES

V.--THE LIGHTER SIDE OF TRENCH LIFE

VI.--THE "MAKE" OF A BRITISH TRENCH

VII.--THE RUSE OF A GERMAN SNIPER

VIII.--THREE DEATH TRAPS

IX.--GERMAN BEASTS IN A FRENCH CONVENT

X.--ANOTHER SCENE OF BOCHE BRUTALITY

XI.--THE TRICK THAT DIDN'T TRICK US

XII.--THE BARRED ROAD TO CALAIS

SKETCHES

PRIVATE HAROLD HARVEY _Frontispiece_

ABOARD THE TRANSPORT

BIVOUAC AT MALTA

CASEMENT GARDENS, MALTA

SERGEANTS' MESS

ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, MALTA

ON THE QUAYHEAD AT MARSEI