SOLDIER AND DRAMATIST

BEING THE LETTERS OF

HAROLD CHAPIN

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO
DIED FOR ENGLAND AT LOOS
ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1915.

WITH TWO PORTRAITS

LONDON: JOHN LANE,
THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK:
JOHN LANE COMPANY.
MCMXVI

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"I go to prove my soul.
I see my way as birds their trackless way,
I shall arrive! what time, what circuit first
I ask not: but unless God send His hail
Or blinding fire-balls, sleet, or stiffling snow,
In some time---His good time---I shall arrive:
He guides me and the bird. In His good time! "

ROBERT BROWNING

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CONTENTS

	LETTERS FROM THE TRAINING CAMP
1.	ST. ALBANS, Nov. 12th, 1914
2.	ST. ALBANS., Nov. 16th, 1914.
3.	ST. ALBANS., Nov. 19th, 1914
4.	ST. ALBANS., Nov. 23rd, 1914
5.	ST. ALBANS, Nov. 29th, 1914
6.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 6th, 1914.
7.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 6th, 1914.
8.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 8th, 1914.
9.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 10th, 1914.
10.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 16th, 1914.
11.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 21st, 1914.
12.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 24th, 1914.
13.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 26th, 1914.
14.	ST. ALBANS, Dec. 29th, 1914.
15.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 1st, 1915.
16.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 4th, 1915.
17.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 8th, 1915.
18.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 11th, 1915,
19.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 11th, 1915.
20.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 12th, 1915.
21.	ST. ALBANS, Jan, 13th, 1915.
22.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 14th, 1915.
23.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 15th, 1915.
24.	ST. ALBANS, Jan. 17th, 1915.
25.	HATFIELD, Jan. 20th, 1915.
26.	HATFIELD, Jan. 23rd, 1915.
27.	HATFIELD, Jan. 24th, 1915.
28.	Jan. 27th, 1915.
29.	HATFIELD, Jan. 27th, 1915
30.	HATFIELD, Jan. 28th, 1915.
31.	HATFIELD, Feb. 3rd, 1915.
32.	HATFIELD, Feb. 5th, 1915.
33.	HATFIELD, Feb. 8th, 1915.
34.	HATFIELD, Feb. 8th, 1915.
35.	Feb. 9th, 1915.
36.	HATFIELD, Feb. 12th, 1915
37.	Feb. 14th
38.	HATFIELD, Feb. 17th, 1915.
39.	HATFIELD, Feb. 18th, 1915.
40.	HATFIELD, Feb. 22nd, 1915.
41.	HATFIELD, Feb. 25th, 1915.
42.	HATFIELD, Feb. 26th, 1915.
43.	HATFIELD, Feb. 26th, 1915.
44.	HATFIELD, March 1st, 1915.
45.	HATFIELD, March 2nd, 1915.
46.	HATFIELD, March 8th, 1915,
47.	HATFIELD, March 9th, 1915.
48.	HATFIELD, March 10th, 1915.
49.	HATFIELD STILL.
50.	HATFIELD, March 11th, 1915.
51.	HATFIELD, March 12th, 1915.
52.	March 15th, 1915.
53.	March 15th, 1915.
	LETTERS FROM FRANCE
54.	FRANCE, March 18th, 1915.
55.	FRANCE, March 22nd, 1915.
56.	FRANCE, March 23rd, 1915.
57.	Sunday, April 11th, 1915.
58.	FRANCE. March 25th, 1915.
59.	FRANCE, March 27th, 1915.
60.	FRANCE, March 30th, 1915.
61.	FRANCE, March 30th, 1915.
62.	FRANCE, April 1st, 1915.
63.	April 2nd, 1915.
64.	Good Friday.
65.	FRANCE, April 10th, 1915,
66.	FRANCE, April 15th, 1915.
67.	FRANCE, April 17th, 1915.
68.	FRANCE, April 19th, 1915.
69.	April 20th, 1915.
70.	April 22nd, 1915.
71.	FRANCE, April 22nd, 1915.
72.	April 24th, 1915.
73.	April 26th, 1915.
74.	April 30th, 1915.
75.	Monday.
76.	Wednesday.
77.	May 3rd.
78.	Next day.
79.	May 6th, 1915.
80.	May 10th, 1915.
81.	May 12th, 1915.
82.	May 15th, 1915.
83.	May 17th, 1915.
84.	May 21st, 1915
85.	May 23rd, 1915.
86.	Next day.
87.	Friday.
88.	Sunday morning.
89.	Sunday 27th., Adv. Dressing Station.
90.	Monday., Back in "-----".
91.	Tuesday.
92.	Wednesday.
93.	May 28th, 1915, Empty Hospital.
94.	May 29th.
95.	1st .June, 1915.
96.	3rd .June, 1915.
97.	June 3rd, 1915.
98.	June 4th, 1915.
99.	June 9th, 1915.
100.	Tuesday.
101.	Wednesday.
102.	June 11th, 1915.
103.	June 14th, 1915.
104.	June 14th, 1915.
105.	June 15th, 1915.
106.	June 18th, 1915.
107.	June 19th, 1915.
108.	June 20th, 1915.
109.	June 22nd, 1915.
110.	June 25th, 1915.
111.	June 25th, 1915.
112.	June 27th, 1915,
113.	June 27th. 1915.
114.	June 29th, 1915.
115.	July 1st, 1915.
116.	July 3rd, 1915.
117.	July 6th, 1915.
118.	July 7th, 1915.
119.	July 10th, 1915.
120.	July 10th, 1915.
121.	July 12th, 1915.
122.	July 14th, 1915
123.	July 14th, 1915.
124.	July 19th, 1915.
125.	July 19th, 1915.
126.	July 21st, 1915.
127.	July 22nd, 1915
128.	Next Day.
129.	July 25th, 1915.
130.	July 29th, 1915
131.	July 30th, 1915.
132.	July 31st, 1915.
133.	Aug. 2nd, 1915.
134.	Aug. 4th, 1915.
135.	Tuesday.
136.	Wednesday.
137.	Aug. 23rd, 1915.
138.	Aug. 26th, 1915.
139.	Aug. 27th, 1915.
140.	Aug. 30th, 1915
141.	Sept. 1st, 1915.
142.	Sept. 4th, 1915.
143.	Sept. 7th, 1915.
144.	Sept. 8th, 1915.
145.	Sept. 13th, 1915.
146.	Sept. 13th. 1915.
147.	Sept. 17th, 1915.
148.	Sept. 18th, 1915.
149.	Sept. 24th, 1915.

BIOGRAPHICAL:

I.	THE RECORD OF A LIFE. By Sidney Dark
II.	HOW HAROLD CHAPIN DIED
III.	HAROLD CHAPIN, DRAMATIST. By William Archer
IV.	APPENDIX A. HAROLD CHAPIN'S PLAYS.
V.	APPENDIX B. PROGRAMME OF THE "HAROLD CHAPIN MEMORIAL PERFORMANCE"

Letters from the Training Camp