By FRITZ KREISLERFOUR WEEKS in the TRENCHESThe world’s greatest violinist served as lieutenant in the present war until wounded by a Cossack’s lance in a hand-to-hand fight before Lemberg. This book is the record of what he saw and experienced. It is the first account of the fighting by a man who actually fought, a story of hardship and heroism as graphic as it is thrilling. Illustrated from photographs.“The little book which breathes the strongest loyalty to his country but absolutely no bitterness toward any other, will increase the profound admiration and affection in which the author is held by the American public.”—Providence Journal.“The record of the sensations and reflections in his career of warfare of a musician and a man who is also a great gentleman and a wise, poised and finely humanized spirit.”—Boston Transcript.“The difference between the books that have a permanent value and those that are manufactured to meet a supposed popular demand may be noted in perusing this little volume and comparing it with the hurried impressions of war correspondents who could not reach the front.”—New York Sun.At all bookstores$1.00 net4 Park StreetBostonHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
By FRITZ KREISLER
FOUR WEEKS in the TRENCHES
The world’s greatest violinist served as lieutenant in the present war until wounded by a Cossack’s lance in a hand-to-hand fight before Lemberg. This book is the record of what he saw and experienced. It is the first account of the fighting by a man who actually fought, a story of hardship and heroism as graphic as it is thrilling. Illustrated from photographs.
“The little book which breathes the strongest loyalty to his country but absolutely no bitterness toward any other, will increase the profound admiration and affection in which the author is held by the American public.”—Providence Journal.
“The record of the sensations and reflections in his career of warfare of a musician and a man who is also a great gentleman and a wise, poised and finely humanized spirit.”—Boston Transcript.
“The difference between the books that have a permanent value and those that are manufactured to meet a supposed popular demand may be noted in perusing this little volume and comparing it with the hurried impressions of war correspondents who could not reach the front.”—New York Sun.
At all bookstores$1.00 net
4 Park StreetBoston
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY