>c,\cmDtr-6, 1915. 
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" Active Service" WRISTLET WATCH 
Fully Luminous Figures and Hands 
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£2 10s 
Qold 
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Waterproof Trench Boots. 
FAGG BROTHERS' 
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These boots, designed for fisliing and 
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PAGE 
FRONTISPIECE- 
KING PETER OF Serbia. 
THE FORUM. 2 
SITUATION IN SERBIA. 
By Hilaire Belloc. . 5 
THE ATTACK ON 
VARNA— 
By A. H. POLLEN.... 12 
Cartoon. 
By Will Lyson — 15 
Muddle of the B^kans 
By Dr. h. J. Dillon ... 16 
The Ger.wan Mind. 
By John Euchan.... 17 
Books that excel— 
A Literary Review .. 21 
Town and Country 23 
The West End 527 
Choosing Kit— 
Practical Hints 531 
QUEEN ALEXANDRAS FIELD FORGE FUND 
For Providing Comforts for British Soldiers on Active Service. 
Fresident--LAD\- FRENCH. 
PatTOnett—UM. QUEEN' ALEXANDI!.\. Clmirman—rHK COUNTESS OF BECTIVE 
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'T' DE provision of Comforts for men in the Fighting Line is of equal importance with the adequate 
*■ n.ire of Wouniled, for without sucli comforts a.s the KumI provider tl?e elhciency of the Forces 
cannot l>e maintained at its highest standard. The worli of tlie Fund, and tlie beneflte to tlie Forces 
servins! have now lieen extended to tho Uardanelle.s (including the Rojai Naval Division) and the 
Persian (Julf. and the Committee find that their expenditurf- i;, raiiidly increasing. 
At least £300 weekly Is needed to carry on this work continuously during the coming winter. 
Clieques and Postal Orders crossed "Coutts & Co." should be made payable to the Fund, and 
sent to the Honorary Treasurer. Gifts In kind should he addres*ed to the Honorary Secretary, 
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