The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-26
BOOKS ON THE WAR.

real service Is done to people who
are trying to get at the truth about the
war In Europe by the publication at the
present time of the full text OF Gen.
Friedrich Won Bernhardis ION War OF
To-day" tDodd Mead and Company, in
the translation Of Lieut.. Karl Won
Donat. This puts before the reader
what the author really said three years
before this outbreak, just as he said 1t
and not torn away from the context. 1t
VIII be seen from Ii that opinions and
expressions attributed to Won Bernhard
in current literature misrepresent him
and should be modified and that where
he touches on politics he Is far more
sane and reasonable than partisans
would have him. The book itself is an
exposition by trained expert of the
science Of modern warfare as he under
stands 1t. and is nut in such a form that
any Intelligent reader can comprehend
1t. Every fair minded man will prefer
to read what the author wrote calmly
and deliberately to the abridged extracts
taken TO suit the convenience OF advo-
Gates OF one side or the other.
The correspondents who happened to
be in Belgium at the start were the
only ones who had the opportunity of
seeing and reporting anything of i'm
portancc before the censorship shut
down on them, In Fighting In Elan
DIS" ,Charl,s Scribner's Sons) T.. Alex
ander Powell re.atcs his experiences He
was on hand when Brussels was taken
and saw the retreat 70 Antwerp and
the capture Of that city. lie has much
to say of what happened to himself In
person and to other newspaper men,
which gives vividness 10 his story. The
book is illustrated with fine photo
graphs.
The experiences OF Ebert Francis
Baldwin, who writes The World War"
tMacmillans) were far more pe1ceahlo
and commonplace. He was a, Nauhcin
when trouble began ana made his WAY
home gradually through Holland and
England, writing weekly letters ia whirn
he described the reasons for what hay
pened and the conditions OF the couu
tries For Germany and England ho
was able to note sentiments OF The mo
meut. His own feelings seem To- chang,
somewhat with his surroundings ANA a~
he Is about to land he kindly suggests
how America should look on the Wa,
y collection of material which may
be made much more complete and Ndlu-
able in a later edition, has been pre-
pared by NJ. =. Price In ''Tho Diplomatic
History Of he War" tCharles Scribncr's
Sons). This contains a brief historical
Introduction, then a diary Of events and
negotiations up To August ., these are
followed by TRANSACTIONS of the German
Denkschrift, tho Russian Orange BooN
extracts from. the Austrian White
Paper, the Belgian Gray Book, the
texts Of all the treaties that are appi-
cable, and an assortment of official doc
uments. speeches and so forth. Bound
In with the volume, but forming no part
Of It, is a copy of the British White
Paper The volume Will prove very
convenient TO those studying the begin
ninss of the war; 1t comes out too soon
to contain all the diplomatic material
The title "Britain's Case Against Ger
many" nonGmans. Green and Com
pany) 10y Ramsay Muir explains itself
The author Is an Enrli.h university pro-
fessOr, who like his fellow professors on
both sides Of the Atlantic has become
very much excited, and has seized the
opportunity to leap over the barriers OF
professional retlccncc. He draws up al
Incorporate indictment of Germany
! present and past making the most OF