Excerpt from Belgium's Agony A Few weeks after the outbreak of war the newspapers, in an obscure paragraph, stated that German artillery had bombarded the Flemish village of Saint-Amand, near Antwerp. Nearly simultaneously, but in numerous and prominent columns, they described the wanton and ruthless destruction of the ancient university city of Louvain. Thirdly, on August 24, began the great British retreat from the line Mons-Conde, the retreat to south-westward that experts hold to rank among the finest military achievements of history. And between these three happenings there is a connecting link other than the tremendous struggle of which they form a part, a link to which subsequent events and, most of all, this little book have given a melancholy and tragic interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from War Studies 1: Root-Causes of the War, 2, Peace With Honour In the coming harvest the reapers will bind the tares in bundles to burn them, but let them spare those ignorant and innocent millions, and even those docile and guileless scholars, whose only crime has been their mistaken loyalty to a hopelessly corrupt mediaeval autocracy. To-day comes the heart-breaking news that Antwerp has fallen. Belgium's agony is England's supreme warning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agony Point, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Groans of Gentility I don't see the saving of that machine, said Farmer Thorold. Working Broad Meadow used to take two men two days in my time, sir; and you have had two men and a horse, and half a day longer about it: let alone the job for the blacksmith in tinkering up that what-d'ye call-it.' Every field that Tom farmed, every definite piece of work that he had finished, drew forth the same unpleasant comparisons from some one. Whether with machinery or without it was all the same. Three days or three men, with the discarded tenant, was credibly reported to have done as much, and done it better, than four days would do for the much-perplexed and puzzled landlord. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agony Point, or the Groans of 'Gentility', Vol. 1 of 2 The following story may be regarded as a series of sun-pictures: some of the most striking incidents claim to be literally untouched photo graphs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Shepherd Among Wolves: War-Time Letters of Cardinal Mercier The pastor and defender of a martyred people in a violated land, at once an apostle and a patriot, he is foremost among those whom the needs and duties of terrible days have made pre-eminent, and, in his country's grateful memory, his name will be immortal. For Belgian generations yet unborn he saved the Belgian Fatherland, and that inheritance of faith and strength which he has preserved for them will be all the greater because of what he was and of what he did. In these letters and allocutions we see the agony of Belgium, and we see the Cardinal at work. We see him consoling and encouraging, assiduous for the integrity of the national sentiment, fortifying Belgium's stricken but unconquered soul, - we see him uplifting Patriotism into the high circle of christian duties, purging national retribution from private passion, making the Justice of God his people's confidence. It is a record of things which should not be forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Three Hours Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Given at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, New York, Good Friday, 1916 Very few words are needed to preface the publication of these sermons. Persuaded by friends that they would be welcome not only to those who heard them at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, New York City, on Good Friday, 1916, but also to that larger audience of devout souls who gather year by year around the Cross on that sorrowful day, the author now prints them in the hope that they will be of benefit to all who read them. The Good Friday Devotion, popularly known as the Three Hours' Agony, is becoming one of the most eagerly attended services of Holy Week. It consists of parts of the Psalms, hymns, and prayers, with nine discourses - an introductory sermon, seven sermons on the Seven Last Words, and a concluding sermon. The usual method followed in this country is that contained in the booklet: "Good Friday: The Three Hours' Agony," published by the Cathedral Library Association, of New York. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

When the ambitious but inept clerk Frans Laarmans is offered a job managing an Edam distribution company in Antwerp, he jumps at the chance, despite his professed dislike for cheese in all its forms. He soon finds himself submerged in a bureaucratic nightmare as his complete incompetence becomes apparent. Meanwhile, his offices fill up with a seemingly infinite supply of the distinctive red-skinned cheeses, which he has no idea how to sell. Skewering the pomposity of big business while revealing how an entrepreneurial spirit can often be a mask for buffoonery, Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.