The wrack of the storm - Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921 (London : Methuen, 1916)
After the victory.--King Albert.--The hostage cities.--To save four cities.--Pro patria: I.--Heroism.--Pro patria: II.--Pro patria: III.--Belgium's flag day.--On the death of a little soldier.--The hour of destiny.--In Italy.--On rereading Thucydides.--The dead do not die.--In memoriam.--Supernatural communications in war-time.--Edith Cavell.--The life of the dead.--The war and the prophets.--The will of earth.--For Poland.--When the war is over.--The massacre of the innocents.
"The massacre of the innocents appeared for the first time in 1886, in a little periodical called La Pléı̈ade."--p. 255.
"The present volume contains, in the chronological order in which they were produced, all the essays published and all the speeches delivered by M. Maeterlinck since the beginning of the war, upon which ... each one of them has a direct bearing."--Translator's note.
Keywords: World War, 1914-1918.