The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-02
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.
OF THE SEASON.

''The Future of War;" by I. H. Bloch
 GA woman's Mo-" by Mrs. Lovett
 Cnmeron-ComIng New Book by Cap-
 tain Mnhsn- Other Coming Books
 Book Notes.
 ''The Future of War" contains the gist of the famous work by the late l. H. Bloch. The great merit of this very able treatise makes it desirable addi- tion to any library The present edi- tion is of a convenient form and con- tains several interesting preliminary papers, namely, an introduction by Ed win D. Mead and a Conversation with the Author" by W. T. Stead. The translating has been done admirably by R. c. Long. The Future of war" is an invaluable book which will live. It's merits are already known and recog- niZed among scholars all over the civ ilized world. It is startling, able and | convincing argument against wars, handling the subject In its technical, | economic and political relations. Its central aim and object is to show that war will eventually cease. Already we have object lessons in Europe of the | great indisposition on the part of the
 worlds great power to get into a serious row with one another. The in1- mense cost to England in blood and treasure of the Boer war is a vindica-
 tion of one of MT. Bloch's leading argu- ments why nations will in the future l hesitate to fight. In the present vol ume, by means of a series of well writ 'ten chapters aided by many maps and l diagrams, our author sums up the dem onstration of his statement. Tn the first part of his discussion he considers Mil itary and Naval Developments" and under his head we find treated the fol-
 lowing topics How War Will be Waged on Land" Plans of Campaign;
 Possible and Impossible" "The Future of Naval Warfare" Does Russia Need a Navy?" What Wars Cost in the Nineteenth Century" What They Will Cost in the Future" and The Care of the Wounded" The second half of
 "The Future of War" is entitled '"The
 Economic Difficulties in Time of War" and these are considered as existent in
 Russia, Great Britain, Germany and
 France. The Effects of War on the Vital Needs of Peoples" the Probable Losses in Future War" and "Militarism and It's Nemesis" are most interesting chapters.
 MT, Bloch's name will go down to posterity as one of the greatest of prac- l Nt,fln it~ntA s.ke
 him immense toll and research. His efforts in behalf of peace among the na- tions and notably his inauguration of
 the famous Peace Conference at The Hague brought him well earned fame. His great labors for his fellow men were self imposed. He had no need to toll for others. He had achieved great things already in the financial world and had won vast wealth just as An drew Carnegie did in another field of endeavor. Mir. Bloch's business career was something remarkable. He began life as a little despised Polish Jew who peddled trinkets in the streets of War saw. worked his way into business life and became a railway magnate, a | financier, great organizer of corpora l tions and was the J. P. Morgan of Po- | land. Yet with all this achievement he turned to the work of phlanthropic en- deavor and though unsentimental men termed him a dreamer and theorist, he produced results and demonstrated his ability to do battle in field of vast importance to mankind. The weight and strength of the arguments he put forth and their scientific as we'll as | theoretical value are being more and more realized and appreciated and this American publication of part of his l great work on war will no doubt be fully appreciated in this country. Pub lished by Ginn & Co.,, Boston: price 60 cents: for sale by all the leading book sellers.
 "A Woman's Mo-" by Mrs, Lovett Cameron, published by F. M. Buckles & Co, New York; is an even better story than the authors pretty tale of Two Cousins and a Castle" published last year. It is book sure to entertain the large class of readers who like to be di- verted and beguiled during a leisure hour or two with a story of true love which ends happily for the true lovers. This is a story of English life in which the wealthy and ambitious mamma of a rich and beautiful girl is determined that the girl shall wed Lord, and this add increased lustre to the family's station in life. But the lord is a little refractory and the girls heart is al- ready given to Dick, a handsome athlet- ic young fellow of good family, but who has neither wealth nor title to bestow. Dicks handsome sister figures very handsomely in the evolution of the plot Dicks suit is pressed with ardor, and his prospects, bright and shadowy by turns. become golden owing to a. series of surprising developments cleverly told which bring joy and satisfaction to All as 4Ia KIHi.a