The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-12-01
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES

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night OF July 31st, and that this
monstrous war with which mod
ern history begins will end as
the big and little wars of old
days did.
To better understand the con-
ditions that exist in Europe at
present, the problems to be set
tied, and the results following
this general European War, one
should read the Economic and
Political Histories, and the So
Geological and Descriptive books
relating to all the countries of
Europe.
The following list has been
carefully selected and represents
modern readable treatises on the
countries involved and on those
which may be brought into this
war which ex-president Taft de-
scribes as follows: Nothing like
it has occurred since the great
Napoleonic wars, and with mod
ern ornaments and larger pop
ulations nothing has occurred
like it since the world began"
Europe and the Battlefield
In order to understand the
causes and possible results Of
this great European war, one
should read and study the his
tory of modern Europe, it's poll
tical development and it's pres
ent conditions. H. P. Judson,
Europe in the Nineteenth Cen
fury; J. H. Robinson, Develop
ment of Modern Europe; Fer
dinand Schwill, Political History
of Modern Europe.
Great Britain
''The British Empire is three
times as large as the United
States in area; it leads the world
in commerce, in strength of its
navy and in population" J. R.
Green, History Of the English
people; London Times, History
of the War; T. B. Macauly. His
tory of England; H. R. Meyer,
History of England.
Italy and France
Oslo, Pietro, Modern Italy !;
Cation, J. D., A Summer in Italy !;
Greenwood, c., France and Italy
johnson, c., Along French By
ways; Lang, John, Story of Joan
and Arc: Oliphant (Mrs.) Max
ers of Florence; Marriott, J. A.
R., Mayors of modern Italy; Be-
van, w. L., Worlds Leading
Conquerors-Napoelan.
Imperial Germany
In no other European coun-
try do we see the rapid advance
that has gene forward through
out the German Empire. Within
a comparatively short time Ger
many has been welded together
from collection Of small king
doms into a great nation. The
transformation Of Germany
from an agricultural to an in
dustrial nation, from a hetero-
genous collection of principali-
ties into the strongest military
power in the world, is clearly
told in the following books
Whitman, Sidney, Imperial Ger
many; Bloom, Walter, The Iron
Year, translated from the Ger
man. This was the novel that
the German Emperor read aloud
to the members of his Royal
Family Circle last spring. It
depicts in vivid style the final
struggle and believes war to be
necessary to develop the German
national spirit. Dawson, w. H.
German life in town and coun-
try.
Austria Hungaria
This country has often been
called the Whirlpool of Europe
on account of the great diver
sity of races within it's borders.
No other country contains so
many rationalities as this en-
pire, where nine languages are
taught in the public schools.
Vambery, Armin, The story Of
Hungary.
War and Government
Jordan, D. S., War and Waste,
being a series of discussions of
war and war accessories; Jor-
dan, D. S., Blood of the Nation;
Barton, c., Red Cross National
Arbitration and Peace Confer
ence; Wentworth, M. c., War
Brides; Beck, j. M, Evidence in