Синтия Асквит «The Princess Elizabeth gift book : in aid of the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children»

224 pages, [13] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Contents: Mickey Mouse and his retinue arriving at the party [illustration] --

A children's hospital in wartime / J.M. Barrie --

Ham and the porcupine, a «Just-So» story / Rudyard Kipling --

Three cuckoos in search of a village, a story / Francis Brett Young, ilustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

A good grocer (an apology), a poem / G.K. Chesterton --

Pip, Squeak, Wilfred and Stanley, their life stories / «Uncle Dick» (B.J. Lamb), illustrated by A.B. Payne --

What the black chow saw, a story / Algernon Blackwood, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

Princess Jane of London Town, a poem / Jan Struther, illustrated by Sylvia Salisbury --

Rupert the little bear goes adventuring in the robbers' den and with the giants / Mary Tourtel, illustrated by Mary Tourtel --

The fairy washerwoman, a story / Compton Mackenzie, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

Come and change, a poem / Herbert Asquith, illustrated by A.H. Watson --

The unromantic princess, a story / Elizabeth Bowen, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

Young Waveney, an episode in the life of Mr. Chips / James Hilton, illustrated by Bip Pares --

Stars, a memory rhyme / Walter de la Mare --

Check to the King Of France, a one-act historical play for children / Margaret Irwin, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

The street criers, a poem / W.H. Davies, illustrated by Sylvia Salisbury --

Woolly Bear's aeroplane, a story / Shirley Cooke, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

A sixteenth century Princess Elizabeth at Hatfield, a poem / Lord David Cecil, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

Teddy Tail's circus, a story / Una L. Lascot, illustrated by Herbert S. Foxwell --

The blue chicken, a Hepzibah Hen story / Olwen Bowen, illustrated by R.L. Brightwell --

Harvest by the sea, or Mr. Wacksparrow, Mr. Deebles and the sea-gull, a story / L.A.G. Strong, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

The story of rather greedy little Hugh / Denis Mackail, illustrated by Paul Bloomfield --

Childhood, a picture / Frank Salisbury, A.R.A. --

Putting Tucker to bed, a bed-time conversation / Enid Bagnold, illustrated by Laurian Jones --

Uncile Oojah's little princess, a story / Flo Lancaster, illustrated by H.M. Talintyre --

The little chair with the gold thread, a story / Hugh Walpole --

For a princess, a poem / John Drinkwater --

The end of the party: Mickey Mouse takes a photograph [illustration].

Responsibility: edited by Cynthia Asquith & Eileen Bigland.