The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-12
1.-THE REAL KAISER"
AND OTHER KAISERS
German Monarch Shares with
Won Treitschke the Atten-
, ton Of Theorists.
PROPHET AND EXPERT BUSY

uem IN that they try to answer ques-
sons about which people would like TO
Know something. Regarding the puta-
I've authors Of the war, We have The
Kaiser" edited by Asa Don Dickinson,
with many illustrations doubleday.
PAGE and Company, popular bio
,raphIcal account to which many writer.
have contributed which tries to he i'm
partial and which may be taken as a
ar summary of what was generally
Known about the German Emperor be-
,ore the outbreak of the war. Much
more amusing is The Real Kaiser"
tDodd. Mead and Company. a rather
reDomous outburst of British Spleen in
which Wilhelm II. Is considered in all
T his muitifarious activities, exhibited
ylvidly in a characteristic aneCdote or
Two. praised for a while and then re-
royed severely for his action. Another
uetch OF the kaiser's career, revised
70 suit the exigencies of war sentiment,
but still fair estimate on the whole,
appears under the title builder and
slunderer" &c. Il. Duttoi and Com
,anyJ. The author is George saunders,
Berlin correspondent of the London
Times. The reader who RENE mbers his
British point of view may obtain good
dea OF the politics of the last half
century from the volume.
Hardly second to the Kaiser as the
&use Of the war comes the late Prof
Heinrich Won Treitschke. in the opinion
d the theorists. His blatant Prusslan
spirit greatly diminished the value of
his works in the eyes OF historians; his
works were not read in Germany as
much as those who quote his name make
put: but he undoubtedly had influence
on important pupils. chief among them
he present Emperor. 1t 1t natural that
American readers should wish to know
Who he was and to have some idea Of
what he wrote. In "Treitschke" GO. T..
Putnam's Sons) We have a translation
pf Adolf Hausrath's biography, which
rather eulogy, together wnh num-
Der of essays and lectures on aspects Of
political history that are now prominent.
Selections from Treitschke's Lectures
on Politics" tt'redericl< A. Stokes Com
pany). translated by Adam l.. Govans.
yves the notes OF one of his most popu-
Ar university courses at Berlin. 1t Is
curious that Treitschke, like many other
ultra -Prussian advocates, was himself
aot a Prussian, and of Slavic descent.
Those who enjoy T. V. Lucass gentle
aumor and skilful literary work may
,egret that the war fever has infected
aim. This manifests itself in two very
sstinCt forms. In Swollen HeC ded
William" CE. L. Dutton and Company,
A. adaptation OF one time prime
'avorite OF the nursery. "Struwwel-
Oeter,' he applies his own talent for
.ersitication to good use. The PAROLES
ire very amusing so long as Mr.. Lucas
'tcks to the text, but unfortunately his
ceilings make him sputter sometimes.
IN adapting the pictures George Nor
low is by no means so clever as Mr..
Lucas. His other outburst is a very
hastily put together anthology OF war
verse called Remember Louvain,"
tMethuen and Company; Ntacmillans)
which Mr.. Lucas has rather over
uepped the bounds in changing the titles
D! poems Milton and Wordsworth SON
acts are made to apply to recent events.
What Mrs. Howe's Battle Hymn of the
Republic or Winters Barbara
Frietche' have to do with the European
i!sturhance Mr.. Lucas may be able to
explain, or what warlike significance
here IS in Tennyson's Break, break
break Mr.. Lucass experience in
making anthologies keeps him from
admitting any but good poetry but some
u his perverted applications can be ex-
FUSED only by his excitement.
General Information on military mat
ters which may be understood with Nc
technical training Is provided in The
Modern Army in Action" Mcbride, Mast
and Company, New York;, by Major
Gen. John f. organ and Capt. W. ID. A
Anderson. 1t not only explains the prn-
cp's ~ strategy and the use of the
various arms Of the service but alsC
describes the practices of foreign coun-
uies, such as the German method OF
uain.nS soldiers and the British ant
herman systems Of mobilization.
little book crammed full OF usefu
directions IS Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert
BADEN owelrs quick Training fol-
war 'Duffeld and Company. 1t tell,
tne recruit simply and plainly what hi,
olty ~, what he will be called upon 4
40 hrst why drill and discipline ar,
necessary and how he can help to max,
hI'ns"f useful as soon as possible.
husnessllke set Of pamphlets glylnt
TIE official information and the news
paper accounts regarding the war tina
vas supplied TO France is publishec
tha"r the general title Pages dis
ore' t'orger-Levrault, Paris). Tn,
N'e' Indicate what the contents are
unse al hand cover the period from tn,
hS' week In July to the first week il
september They are called lie Guet
Hp'Ha.' Ia Tension Diplomatique,
I'm MnhlliSdtiOn ala JoIrnHe IA,