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BOOKS FOR PRISONERS. [To THE &Brea OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sis,—The

Committee of the British Prisoners of War Book Scheme (Educational) earnestly invite attention to the contents of the

accompanying classified list of books, each item of which repre- sents an actual request received from some British prisoner who has had the misfortune to full into the hands of our enemies or to have been otherwise interned.—I am, Sir, Lc., X.