The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-31

or could have seen II she had chosen
TO drop the society reporters point OF
view and vocabulary. The completed
volume Is to be illustrated.
A useful reference book containing
in compact form the Collected Diplo-
matte Documents Relating to the out
break of the European War" issued
by the British Stationery Office. Is
published in this country by the
George Ii. Doran Company. 1t con-
tains all the varicolorcd books is
sued by the Governments engaged in
the contest. 1t is a great convenience
to he able to consult these in a single
volume of moderate size.
To those who know Germany and
German life The Soul ~ Germany"
by Thomas +. A. Smith George ii.
Doran Company Will furnish "A GER
tain mount OF amusement as well as
indignation. The author was for
many years a teacher in Germany and
was apparently well treated there:
when the war broke out he got into
trouble and was kept out Of the coun-
try, lie cannot forget his personal
grievances and let's loose his wrath on
livery lllilS btilIid's I4S III lpuSh
knowledge Of the customs and insti:u-
lions and his present atrabllious views
about them make his boob entertain
ing for those who know the real facts,
though 1t will help to create prejudice
among the ignorant.
A record OF exploits of Scotsmen in
the British military service. with ac-
counts OF the separate Scottish reg.-
ments and their deeds. Is contained in
"a volume called Scotland Forever
tHodGer and Stoughton. George II.
Doran Company, for which Lord Rose
berry provides a preface. The text is
made up chiefly OF extracts from many
books. The many illustrations in Color
are Of battle scenes and Of Scottish
reg.mental uniforms. The book is pub
lished To help on the Red Cross work
with a solemn!ly that Is rather
ludlcrous DR.. +. Chalmers Mitchell In
Evolution and the War ,E. T.. Dut-
ton and Company sets out 10 refute
an argument that needs no refutation,
the preposterous Gsrman assertion
that the war is justified by the laws
Of nature. lie explains the theories or
evolution. the struggles between spe-
c!es. the survival OF the tittest and
so on. using as examples black ana
brown rats, CoCkroaChes and other
creatures, which under the CircuU-
stances seem rather iny!d!ous. n
demonstrates satisfactorily that war
betw.en men Is Of a wholly different
character. In a preface he gives an
interesting account of his own student
years in Germany, which uhfor'u-
nately is colored by the Feelings
aroused hy the war.
one side of the war which can he
described Il first hand is dealt with by
81. EydouN-Demian's In "A French
Hospital CDutfield and Company,
which Betty Yeomans has translated,
The author in simp.e language tells or
the behavior of the wounded men ana
repeats many stories Of their expert
ences In the field. She brings home
the suffering and the horrors OF war
and the services Of the women who are
working in the hospitals.
The experiences II former Senator
Albert i. Beveridge as "a war corre-
~spondent for various periodicals VIII
ne found in What Is Back of the
War" THE Bobbs-M Merrill Company.
: ~Indianapolis). lie includes the inter-
views he obtained with persons of more
or less note. which he presents as eX-
amples of German, British and French
thought. lie adds, as a matter OF
!, course, his own forecasts and opinions
. An anthology OF ballads and poems
. of adventure as well as patriotic verse
, has been compi,e ed by Wilfrid j, Halt
: day under the title Pro Iatria' 81. NJ
7 Dent and Sons: Il. button and Com
: pany). 1t is an interesting collection
: apparently put together before tht
> war broke out, and contains much
' swinging and familiar verse. The In
: fuence of the war is shown only by the
inclusion at the end of a dozen very
recent poems, ny the leaving out of
everything German from the few
' TRANSACTIONS OF foreign poems and by
the appending OF the national hymns
of the countries opposing Germany
j The bull of the anthology is sounC
q English literature.
OF the many nostrums prepared tC
e nut the world in order W. have former
Senator Henry Clay HansbrOugh'S
!. "War and Woman" Duffic.d and Com,
n pany), in which the author expresses
-, his d~etestation Of war and, lacking con
. fdence In the peacefulness Of man, his
h homes that woman. as the less quarrel,
some sex. will put an end to dissen'
= sions. Believing that II Is the posses,
sion OF India that confers commercial
= supremacy, Sunampadu Arumugam In
9 THE Golden Key to World Power anc
the War U.onRmans. Green and Com
. pany) ascribes Germany's action I,
y the desire to obtain India. lie gives 9
sketch Of European enterprise in tn,
o East, praises the British rule, quotint
y many contemporary patriotic utter
= auccs, and draws IA d%eplorable picture
OF what India would be like II the
Germans should gain control there