The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-28

sonrcee of information which the foreign CT rarely finds at his disposal
 The material which he gathered both sl the wax of data and pictures. is official and confidential and is presented to the public for the first time in his new book.
 There one finds photographs showing Germany's most recent enterprises in the army, the navy and the great air fleet which is now she wonder of all the world. The great siege guns are shown The marvellous submarines both at close view and ir action are pictured The Zeppe- llns ready for war emergencies stand re- vealed, as do also Germanys great bat talions of aeroplanes.
 MT. Henderson also is able to compare Germanys war strength with that of the countries with whom she is now engaged, and from clippings from the press for the year prior to the war is able to show the attitude, the frame of mind and the dis position of the German people.
 He has secured copies Of much of the official correspondence and telegrams which passed between the hostile na- well as the official message in which the Kaiser explains his position in the great crisis. with regard to the invasion of Belgium. Further than this, the au- thor has done what few others could do he has placed the=war in it's historical perspectiyesS regarding it judicially and calmly.
 But Mr Henderson has not confined his discussions and expose to Germany alone He shows what has been going on in Russia and in France all the while Germany has, been preparing for war, He explains the Austrian tragedy. and gives it it's relative position to the other incidents which led up to the war.
 All in all, Germany's fighting machine can be said to be one of the most in- teresting and valuable works on the present war that has vet appeared, It is packed with information. il is intelli- gent In view. logical in arrangement and comprehensive in scope.i
 MUST PROTESTANTTSM ADOPT
 CHRISTIAN sCIENcBes
 GA. CHURCHMANiS VIEWS)
 Fh.. D. Harper Brothers. publishers.
 New York
 A bold and earnest doc.ment is Must Professionalism Adopt Christian seience?' in which clergyman of the Episcopal church suggests the adoption by Protestant churches of the essentials of Christian science. His conviction of the desirablity of this step is the result
 
 phical investigation of the doctrines and principles, of Christian Science compared with the experience and observations of many years as a minister of the church. PARTY. GOVERNMENT IN THE
 UNITED STATES By William Milligan Sloane. Harper
 Brothers. publishers, New York.
 \ history of American politics and an exposition of party political ten dencies in practice
 The tariff and the slavery question, the NJ onroe Doctrine. rotation in office, the veto, party conventions and party platforms civil service rel form, interstate commerce, the begin- nings of socialism, the ballot reform the silver question, the growing power of the executive, state paternalism-are treated fully, with all their causes and effects.
 Parties and Congress, the formation of the Electoral college, the committee system, etc. follow next; then parties and Judiciary parties in state and city government and parties and. public de- renee. The trend of. the United States government from the revolution is traced down to the Mexican trouble in 1914
 BEHIND THE BIG GLASS WINDOW, By Louise Robinson. Illustrated in Color, by Clara E. Atwood. Little. Brown X Co. publishers. Boston, his is q book planned to interest the small child of D to in reading for him self and it contains in hig type little stories of balls, dolls. dogs, cats and va flous toys found behind the windows of a toy shop. There are many illustrations, several or which are in. color, and all through 1t furnishes just what .the little ones are always asking for-storiest and talks about the world and objects which they so dearly ylove Speaking of this vol ime the Christian Register. Boston, says The book is unusually attractive with