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Frederick Scott Oliver : Ordeal by Battle

'Read Ordeal by battle by F. S. Oliver (very interesting).'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Harriet Bickersteth Cook      Print: Book

Frederick Scott Oliver : Ordeal by Battle

'Books specially studied during furlough. 1917–1918.

The World & the Gospel. J. H. Oldham. S.V.M.U.
The Valley of Decision. Burroughs. Longmans.
Ordeal by Battle. F. S. Oliver. Macmillan.
Ecclesiastes. Devine. Macmillan
The Jesus of History. Glover.
In Christ. A. J. Gordon. Hodder & Stoughton.
The Manhood of the Master. Fosdick S.C.M.
The Meaning of Prayer. Fosdick. S.C.M.
The Creed of a Churchman. Various Longmans
The Problem of Pain. MacFadyen.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Albert Ruskin Cook      Print: Book

Frederick Scott Oliver : Ordeal by Battle

‘Distant from us by 300 yards … snipers were continually firing, and rockets … lit up the night outside … we had two days like that, and played Auction Bridge, talked, read, smoked and went through a trench mortar strafe together … it is impossible to read much in this new environment. "Antony and Cleopatra" in the dugout and Cobbett’s "Rural Rides" in the vacant spaces before [Le Sart, 25–31 May]—not many of those. O yes, and F. S. Oliver’s "Ordeal by Battle", a striking book.’

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Ivor Bertie Gurney      Print: Book

Frederick Scott Oliver : Ordeal by Battle

'Reading "Ordeal of War"—Oliver most interesting & instructive, also Report of committee on Belgian atrocities[.] Dined with Richmond at the Club.'

Century: 1900-1945     Reader/Listener/Group: Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar      Print: Book

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