The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-04
WAR BOOKS.

OF all the s~peCulatluns about the
war by amateurs those relating to
what will happen after it is all over
are probably the most futile. until
We have some indication Of what the
outcome viii he. n of those who
have volunteered DEMONSTRATIONS in
speeches or in print the college pro-
fessors have not shown conspicuous
~sagaCity. There are people Still, how
ever. who are eager To read tina sort
OF literature and who may care for
the opinions and guesses expressed In
problems of REIMBURSEMENT After the
War tAppletonsb, by trufs. a. b.
Hart. Seligman, Giddings, Willoughby,
q. G.. Wilson and f.. X. Johnson and
Admiral Goodrich. The article by
Admiral Goodrich Is the most valuable,
for. being restricted by the regulations
fr m expressing opinions, he limits
himself to noting the innovations in
warfare that the wal has brought
So far. Prof. Wilson pleads patheti-
Caliy that international law still
exists. while tho others consider how
it affects their own special branches.
with ne suspicion Of possible cdta.
clysmS.
In marked contrast Is another form
II university activity, the long list of
oxford men who are lighting for their
country. "uNfurd University Roll of
Service. 19li-l5' ,Clarendon Press.
Oxford. u simple list of names with
the corps b. which they ar, attached,
$50 pages of them, fifty to the page,
, and every page containing. in blaCker
type, " or three who have already
died in the field. and. marked by an
asterisk, the many who have been
mentioned in dispatches. The Eng
lish universities are doing their duty,
as tho American colleges did in the
civil war.
To the polemical literature, the
record of outragos inquired into more
or less officially. may be added two
more pamphlets issued in English
translaticns by Armand Collin. Paris.
How Austria Hungary Waged War
IN Serbia 10y Il. \. Weiss. "a per-
sonal Investigation and German
Theory and Practice If War" by T..
l-avisSc and c.. Andler. professors in
the University Of Paris.
Touching, first hand testimony re-
Garding the conduct of the war In Bel
Gium - given in the story Of the
NicissitudeS of The Irish Nuns at
Npres' az. l.. Duttcn and Company,
told in the words of one of them,
whose initials are u. NJ. g. \ convent
of Irish Benedictine nuns had existed
in lprcs for nearly three centuries,
and after the first bombardment of the
town the nuns were removed to safety
in England. John Redmond supplies
an Introduction; then III the story
OF what happened to the nuns, limited
strictly 10 what they experienced
themselves. 1t shows their courage
and devotion; il gives "A vivid impress
sion of conditions I'm "A city under fire,
ana II is noteworthy too in that il
gives no suggestion of German mis-
conduct.
Additions to the Pages dIlistoire'
record Of the French side of the WA,
tBerSer-Ievrault, I'ar.sD are tw,
pamphlets, of lists of distinctions "A
IQrdro du Jour covering the an.
n|ouncements from December II 10 Is
l9l4; an Cuu of the first enlist
ments of foreigners Les N~olOntairc,
Et~rangerS,' and an economic treatise
10y Prof. Audre l.iesSe REORGANIZATION
du credit en- Allemagne ct en- France
The reflections Of owen Wister unor
he war are contained in THE Pente.
cost of Calamity" tMaCmillans). II,
was In Germany just before war wa,
declared and found pleasant aud trl,
things To say ~ tho Germans. II,
now believes that they have eon,