The Washington times., 1915-11-24
Books About the War

Occasionally there comes to the sur
face of the stream OF war literature a
book that describes war as the imagina-
ton paints II. and that is a true pic
ture. nevertheless. OF the actual hap
peninGs at Tho 'front.' Those who de-
light in reading of action find tho off,
cial war reports too bewildering. toS
technical and concise. Tho daily re.
ports cabled by tho correspondents tes
chiefly Of the ma Jor events, and there 10
TOO little Of that which Is Photographic
one might saw. OF the doings Of indivit.
uals in the fighting.
Between the Lines" BY Boyd Cable
tE. +. Dutton q Co. New York;. seeks
to supply this deficiency. 1t is a key to
the puzzlin9 official communiQues, .
revelation. 1t uncovers the heart Of the
Englishman at the front, describes him at
work, whether 1t be advancing the
trenches. digging mines. feeding the big
guns. consolidating captured positions.
or his activities. and thrilling they are.
too. when the war office declares there
is nothing to report" 1t also pictures
him In his repose. before and after .
battle. with his humor which the French
cannot understand and which the Ger
mans do not appreciate. The book il
full OF human Interest" depicting war
terrible and magnificent, but no less
pItiful and wicked.
There have been written large libra
ries descriptive OF Germany and the
Kaiser. but there hardly has been .
book that indicts both so severely a.
Harrison. editor Of the English Re-
view George Allen & Unwin. Ltd. Lon
dom. He finds that 'for fifteen years
! the Germans have been going patholog-
ically mad carried away in the intox!-
I nS nA
deeper and deeper into the vortices Of
materlalism and human error" and that
Its national sentimcntality. always
near to brutality. has materialized." He
believes that the solution OF the war
will come. after the defeat of the Kai-
| ser's armies. from the German people.
| who will free tho country
from military monarchism and establish
| a German republic
J THE Real Truth About Germany
From the English Point Of View" is ar
interesting brief for England by DouS.
las Sladen. with an appendix. "Greai
Britain and the War" ~ a. Maurice
Low &c. p. Putnnm's Sons. New York;
The book Is in reply TO pamphlet en-,
titled THE Truth About Germany.
which has been circulated in the United
States, and is written for the cspecia
lbenent Of American readers. Mr
Lows essay seeks to prove that Grea'
Britain and her allies are battling In
defense of Europe.
The argument for the allies base
lunon the official papers issued by ths
rcspcCtive helligcrents and which Jame'
NJ RcCk, late assistant United States
Attorney General, published as a news
paper serial. las now taken on the foru
81 book. entitled THE Evidence IN
the Case IN the Supreme Court Of CIV.
I,,.- 70 ho NnraI RaRnnngthflitY
for the War &c. p. Putnam's Sons
New York;. Mr.. Beck presents ar
onaIysis Of the testimony OF the gov
ornmcnts Of the powers at war, fndins
that Germany has been proven guilty
The articles written by Colcne, Roose.
Welt upon the theme OF America and
the World War also have been col
! lcctcd into a volume. and published by
Scribncr's. He declares that self-de
tense Is duty, and that The mos
important lesson for the United state
TO learn from the present war Is tn
vital need that 1t shall at once ak'
stems too prepare" Colonel Roosevelt
=. asserts that unwise peace treaties are
menace to righteousness. and he dehn'i
tho peace of righteousness. There cav
be no policy Of self-defense WITHOUT mln
itarism. he says, and he calls the nay
: "our peacemaker" One OF the mos
onra ring chapters ia that in which h
: n odvocatcs an international posse com
tntus.
A rhamphlct by, Y, IT,, Iskender. I"
rtlochry. Scotland. describes his NOV"
= ment. to organize the "Citizcns or ~
T World" an undertaking he, began he
4 fore the European war began. an'
| whose object is to dIsarm the world n
tho most effective means or secur.n'
s hone that citizens Of all countries vii
v say with one voice: we have no in
: torcst in the artificial and convent'"na
bnrriers which have separated the ma
= Wons and We refuse to maintain then
wc shall no longer provide wars "'n""S
d vc cease from now onwards I" na
70 tixcs ror war" Tho nanrnh'"' "arr,"
:: . lci,or rrou thc whit" House saN'r
3 ,Lo, President wilson "sinCCrc'y trus'
4 your rormcrdah!o undertaking " IN
cause Of peace will bear good fros