Edwin Howland Blashfield's poster, "Carry On," used in the Fourth Liberty Loan. This striking lithograph in the movement of its design expresses the compelling force of the American spirit as it entered the World War. The original oil painting has been purchased by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. ケ HA VARD UNIVERSITY DY, OF EDUCATION LIBRARY T OF THE PLIS D MAY 27 1913 TRANSFERRED TO MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 1932 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY PREFACE Lest We Forget, the first volume of World War stories, gave an outline of the struggle up to the time of the signing of the armistice, November 11, 1918, and contained in general, chronological order most of the stories that to children from ten to sixteen years of age would be of greatest interest, and give the clearest understanding of the titanic contest. This, the second volume of the same series, contains the stories of the war of the character described, that were not included in Lest We Forget, -stories of the United States naval heroes, of the Americans landed in France, of the concluding events of the war, of the visit of President Wilson to Europe, and of the Peace Conference. In a word, emphasis is placed upon America's part in the struggle. This volume should be of even greater interest to American children than the first, for it tells the story of America's greatest achievement, of a nation undertaking a tremendous and terrible task not for material gain, but for an ideal. No more inspiring story has ever been told to the children of men than the story of America's part in winning the greatest cause for which men have ever |