The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-04
.yoIcEs OF THE NIGHT.

''VOICEs OF THE NIGHT" By Cordelia Elizabeth Moore The Pentecostal Publishing company, Louisville, Ky
 A charming little book of poems en- titled. Voices of the Night" comes from the delightful pen of cordelia Elizabeth Moore and contains wealth o fbeautiful sentiment.
 Many subjects are touched upon and each poem is a gem in itself. among them the most appealing being 'Twi- light Hour" My Mothers Voice." "A .'Waiting" and "The Promise"
 Perhaps the most interesting to Ala bama readers and especially to Bir- mingham readers is the poem entitled Birmingham" which is appended: To Magic City of the South. We do not dream
 How dear thou art till far from thee
 we roam,
 Thy lakes thy dells. thy beauties rare, i Our sunny Southland hone. Fair City of the South. what subtle
 charm
 Enchains our hearts to thee We scarce can tell, perchance there
 floats
 Some tender memory. What pleasures we find in reunion with friends,
 With the friends of long. ago, Tho a shadow oft falls when a dear
 face is missed
 As we are treading old paths to and fro.
 PERTAIN AS GERMANY'S NASSAU. " By Gen. Friedrich von Bernhardi. George H. Doran Co. publishers, New York
 Written year later than .Germany and tho Next War" and even bolder is General Bernhardi's Britain as Ger many's Vassal."
 To tell who General Bernhardi is would be like explaining who the Ger mans are. Not even Kaiser Wilhelm or Kitchener is a more important figure in the European war and his works are read with interest throughout the entire world.
 TRANCE AND THE NEXT WAR" By Commandant J. Colin. CTranslated by Maj. l.. IL R. Pope -Hennessey. D.. $. OD George H. Doran Co, pub fishers, New York
 This book is authorized by the French general staff as a full ac- count of the French basic theories of making war, which differ as much 1Tol1 tue tftFtndn lneOlieS dS In0 French democracy differs from the German government
 A French army officer. specializing in general tactics. teaching in the French army school where this book has recently been introduced as a sound and practical manual of French methods of fighting, is the author, Commandant J. Colin
 APPLIED CITY GOVERNMENT" By Herman G. James, J. D.. Ph. D. Harper Brothers publishers, New York.
 The present work is an outgrowth of a special study along constructive lines which was received with so much fa- vor and has brought so many inquiries that the present book has been pre- pared to meet a seeming demand for positive presentation. The book gives in logical order the matters with which a city charter must deal and a statement of the general principles. In each case this general discussion is followed by model charter provisions in practical form The work, therefore, presents a model charter which can be conveniently studied and used by leg islators, special students and others interested in civic welfare. From ac- tual tests in classroom work this pre- sentation is recommended as useful for classes in municipal government. CONFEDERATE WIZARDS OF THE
 SADDLE" By Bennett H. Young, commander in chief of the |. C. V. association. Chapple Publishing Co.,, Ltd, pub fishers. Boston.
 A contribution to literature which is hailed with profound delight is the very interesting and instructive book entitled, confederate Wizards of the Saddle by Bennett H. Young, com mander in chief of the United Confed- crate Veterans association.
 In ''foreword" General Young says among other things
 Forty eight years and half have passed since the last drum-beat of the Confederate states was heard and the furling of their flag forever closed the most wondrous military tragedy of the ages. Numbers and character considered, the tribue the south paid to war has no equal in human rec ords.
 Fifteen hundred years ago, on the Catalaunian plain, where Attila, King of the Huns, styled "The Scourge of God" joined battle with the Romans under Oetius, and the Visigoths led by Thorismund, tradition has 1t that hun dreds of thousands of dead were left on the field. The men who followed the cruel and remorseless Attila were vast horde organized for war, with