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History series and periodical publications
*''The World's Work. A History of Our Time''. Published by Doubleday, New York. An Illustrated monthly publication. [https://archive.org/details/worldswork28gard Vol. 28, May-Oct 1914], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork29gard Vol. 29, Nov 1914 to April 1915], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork30gard Vol. 30, May-Oct 1915], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork31gard Vol. 31, Nov 1915-April 1916], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork32gard Vol. 32, May- Oct 1916], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork15pagegoog Vol. 33, Nov 1916-April 1917], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork34gard Vol. 34, May-Oct 1917], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork35gard Vol. 35, Nov 1917- April 1918], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork36gard Vol. 36, May-Oct 1918], [https://archive.org/details/worldswork37gard Vol. 37, Nov 1918-April 1919] Archive.org. Editions for other periods are also available on Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/quarterlyreview153smitgoog ''The Quarterly Review Volume 223''] , consisting of Nos.442 and 443, published January and April 1915 in London by John Murray. Includes articles on the war , particularly in No.443. Archive.org. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000527329 Hathi Trust Digital Library editions] accessible by those in North America etc.
*''Deeds that Thrill the Empire. True stories of the most glorious acts of heroism of the Empire's soldiers and sailors during the Great War''. Originally published in 1916 in fortnightly editions, described in a [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19160426.2.78 newspaper article] (believed to be 20 editions about 40 pages each), then later published in a two volume, and a five volume set, of c 900 pages in total. See [[Western Front#Collected stories|Western Front - Collected stories]] for online access.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120825165603/http://www.greatwardifferent.com/Great_War/NewsMedia/I_Was_There_01.htm ''The Great War…I Was There! Undying Memories of 1914-1918''] (a description greatwardifferent.com, archived) edited by Sir John Hammerton originally published in 51 weekly parts 1938-39, (first appearing around the 20th anniversary of the end of the war), and also published in a three volume edition, 2020 pages (v. 1. August 4, 1914, to July 1, 1916; v. 2. July 4, 1916, to October 22, 1917; v. 3. Oct. 1917 to Jan. 1919 (Amalgamated Press)), the latter available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001581634 . There was also a four volume reprint by Waverley.
:The weekly magazines are available as a database on the pay website [[findmypast]], titled [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-the-great-war-i-was-there Britain, The Great War, I Was There] located in Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War, which advises the 51 editions ran from 29 September 1938 to 19 September 1939. To browse the pages, do not use a Search term but click on the Search icon, when a series of 1186 pdf images, (each of two pages), will be displayed in image order. From any image you can navigate to the next image, or the previous image. (This function is located near the top of the findmypast webpage, not near the actual image). Part 1 consists of 29 images, perhaps larger than the average, if in fact all issues are included.
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