John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces.
The poem which gives this collection of his lovely verse its name has been extensively reprinted, and received with unusual enthusiasm.
The volume contains, as well, a striking essay in character by his friend, Sir Andrew MacPhail. - Summary by from the Preface
Chapters
1 In Flanders Fields 1 min 2 The Anxious Dead 1 min 3 The Warrior 1 min 4 Isandlwana 2 min 5 The Unconquered Dead 2 min 6 The Captain 3 min 7 The Song of the Derelict 2 min 8 Quebec 1 min 9 Then and Now 1 min 10 Unsolved 2 min 11 The Hope of My Heart 1 min 12 Penance 1 min 13 Slumber Songs 1 min 14 The Oldest Drama 1 min 15 Recompense 1 min 16 Mine Host 1 min 17 Equality 1 min 18 Anarchy 1 min 19 Disarmament 1 min 20 The Dead Master 1 min 21 The Harvest of the Sea 1 min 22 The Dying of Pere Pierre 2 min 23 Eventide 1 min 24 Upon Watts' Picture 'Sic Transit' 2 min 25 A Song of Comfort 1 min 26 The Pilgrims 2 min 27 The Shadow of the Cross 2 min 28 The Night Cometh 1 min 29 In Due Season 1 min 30 An Essay in Character - I - In Flanders Fields 16 min 31 An Essay in Character - II - With the Guns, part 1 39 min 32 An Essay in Character - II - With the Guns, part 2 25 min 33 An Essay in Character - III - The Brand of War 7 min 34 An Essay in Character - IV - Going to the Wars 9 min 35 An Essay in Character - V - South Africa 23 min 36 An Essay in Character - VI - Children and Animals 17 min 37 An Essay in Character - VII - The Old Land and the New 10 min 38 An Essay in Character - VIII - The Civil Years 18 min 39 An Essay in Character - IX - Dead in His Prime 19 min