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Robert Lindsay Mackay
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'We are to make roads for the next few days. Out occasionally on work parties. Those officers not on duty all stayed in bed (valises!) and so did the men. We ate, slept, read in our valises. It was so cold outside. We had no fires, absolutely nothing, yet I really believed we enjoyed ourselves. There was practically no shelling.'
UnknownCentury: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay
Robert Browning : The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
'Dined with 'A' Company. Read the Browning Love Letters at night, in bed. Disappointed, though not displeased. Felt I could have written a better love letter myself in spite of my tender years - and lack of experience.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Book
Robert Browning : The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
'Church parade. Cricket against Royal Scots. Did rather well. Won by 1 run. Reading the Browning Love letters in my spare time.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Book
Gene Stratton-Porter : Michael O'Halloran: A Novel
'Out training signallers and observers. The former very efficient, the latter the very reverse. We are to move on the 21st. Heard that my school (Hillhead H.S.) are sending out 10,000 cigarettes to the battalion. Very decent indeed! Finished "Micky O'Halloran" by Gene Stratton Porter.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Book
Gilbert Frankau :
'I've read so many descriptions in newspapers of the ruin and desolation caused in this war. Famous literary men have tried their powers of description and All (with the possible exception of Gilbert Frankau) have failed to convey the repulsiveness and awfulness of the scene. The Ecole was one of these places - That's all!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Unknown
Robert Browning : The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
'Sunday 12th. August. Church parade. New minister. Rather enjoyed the sermon. Easy afternoon. Finished Vol. 1 of the Browning Letters - rather a feat for Active Service!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Book
James Shirley : 'Death the Leveller'
'16th. October. Thrown out at Shorncliffe, above Folkestone. Very stormy day with heavy seas running. Informed that the boat would not cross today, so took an exceedingly good lunch. After lunch we were informed that the boat would sail at 2.30 p.m. Left then, tremendous rolling and pitching. Everybody sick. I remember well standing at the rail with a general on my left hand and a major of the R.A.F. on my right, and talking to the deep with them. I felt like quoting "Death the Leveller" to them, substituting "seasickness" for "death". There was some humour in the situation. Boulogne. Put up at the Meurice and went to bed after tea.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Unknown
: [telegrams, letters, and reports]
'Bn. moved into Left sector. Macleod came back to "details" for a rest, and I went in as a/adjutant. Weather wet and cold. More "Strafes". Spent a very busy three days until night of 2nd/3rd. Nov. when we were relieved. During these three days in the line the number of letters, telegrams and reports received or sent out by me was no less than 451! I counted them! War! Eugh!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: BookManuscript: Letter, Sheet
Robert Browning : The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
'Meant to go to church, but couldn't find it, so had a fine lazy day instead. Read Browning.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: BookManuscript: Letter, Sheet
Robert Browning : The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
'Finished the Browning Letters - one of the biggest feats of the war! It has taken a tremendous effort of will on my part to get through them. Felt that if I had been in love I could have written better letters than those!!'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: Book
Herbert George Wells : Ann Veronica
'Saw most exciting smash of an aeroplane against the buildings and tents of the 13th. Squadron R.F.C. Machine turned turtle and nose dived. Pilot unhurt. Am doing a fair amount of reading. Enjoying "Ann Veronica" by H.G.Wells.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: BookManuscript: Letter, Sheet
Edward Verrall Lucas : Mr. Ingleside
'Sunday 17th. Am pretty sure I will get back to the Battalion soon. Went to St. Pol, had lunch, bought some books. Stopped a staff car, and got back to Aubigny for tea. Shifted into a fine comfortable hut with a fire. Finished "Mr Ingleside".'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: BookManuscript: Letter, Sheet
Henry Jones : ?Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
'April 1st. 1918. We came out of the line at night. Back to Arras. H.Q. in cellars in the Hotel de Ville, or Town Hall. Poor Arras! It is in a worse condition than ever before. All our new erections, Y.M.C.A., huts, transport lines, and canteens and officers club are no more. I salvaged a copy of Jones' "Life of R. Browning" from the wreckage of the Y.M.C.A. Library. Our quarters are damp, and they smell. There are also rats, and the place is dark. Some of the Tommies had had a good time. There has been a bit of looting of such wine cellars and estaminets as previous bombardments had left.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: BookManuscript: Letter, Sheet
: ['some novels']
'Tried stout for lunch. At 10 p.m. had stout and strawberries and cream given me (after it was dark) by two of the sisters. God bless them! "P.U.O." seems rather a good illness. (Pyrexia of unknown origin, an army classification). There are 12,000 cases of it just now in the First Army. Very cheery, but terribly weak in the back. Read some novels. McDougall of the lst/8th. is in the bed next to mine. R.K.Drummond of the Camerons is in the bed opposite. Hospital crowded out.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Lindsay Mackay Print: BookManuscript: Letter, Sheet
: Soldier Poets: Songs of the Fighting Men
'Grouped into platoons. Lectures. Finished "Soldier Poets".'
