The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-10
friends. An intimate picture OF the great
struggle. written In the trenches.

friends. An intimate picture OF the great
struggle. written In the trenches.
with the French. (~Scribner). BY
Richard Harding Davis.
From the mud trenches Of Arto.s and
the zigzag front OF Champagne, where
the trenches are dug in chalk. to the port
II Salonica and INTO the Balkans, Mr..
Davis has faithfully followed the French
In their part Of the Allies warfare. He
was present duving the bombardment Of
Arras. he visited the trenches in all
parts Of the front in France and he saw
tho retreat Of the Allies in Serbia.
one of the most interesting chapters to
Americans is that in which he describes
tho French attitude toward this country
and his visit to Poincare.
They shan Not Pnss. doubleday.
Page). by Frank II Simonds.
Besides an inspir!tinE Interpretation Of
Verdun. the most stupendous OF all bat
ties, and his analysis OF the s%trategical
meaning. Mr.. Simonds pays a touching
tribute TO the French and shows the soul
behind the faces marching toward the
kaiscr's guns. And he draws a striking
picture OF Gen. Peta!n. a type OF the
new Frenchman. the man on the bridge.
tut " ny any CTHHCe mo man Dill NOTSc-
back: Petain. the man. II Is said In
Paris, for whom France waits to COM
p.ctc the task when the wearied JoYre
is done.
Impressions and Experiences Of a
French Trooper. l9l4-l9l5. (Dutton).
BY Christian Mallet.
An astounding piece OF work-s'mple,
poignant and heroic. by a French private
soldier who fought his way up to the
rank of Lieutenant.
The Assault. (Bobbs. Merrill). BY
Frederick William Vile.
Mr.. VILE had studied the people and
tho leaders for years. lie was on tho
spot. He knew where to 90 for news.
the men to watch. the gossip OF the
hour. and how to distinguish between
facts and fiction. lie was himself caught
UP into tho whirl OF the dawn!nG trag-
edy. for he was arrested a. a spy. He
tells here what he saw and heard IN Ger
many and England with cand0r and
without reservation.
The War IN Eastern Europe. (scrtb-
ner). Ry John Reed.
Mr.. Reed writes. not Of military de-
tails but Of The light and shadow In
the lives OF the soldiers and Of the peo-
pie In the warning countrics-the'r GUS
toms. their emotions and the expression
OF their feelings under the stress OF war,
with Boardman Robinson. the cartoon
list, he went through typhus stricken Ser
bia. visiting hospitals. ba'tleields and
trenches, thence through Bukovin into
Russia and behind the great retreat 10
Petrograd and Moscow and to Constan-
sI.o@i. arl thn Ilnlknna
Khchener's Mob. Houghton Mifnin }
BY James Norman Hall.
The uncensored story OF a n American
volunteer in the British army. Here Is
the first real book by an American "ho
has actually fought and who see the
struggle from an American point OF view.
Written far from the censor's blue pencil.
IL presents n frank and vivid picture OF
life in the trenches and on he battle
fields.
The First Seven Divisions. (Dutton)
BY Capt. Ernest Hamilton.
A detailed account Of the fighting from
Mons to Ypres, the most critical period
in the war for the allied armies. Con-
tanning much absolutely exclusive infor-
nation and serving equally as a rapidly
moving story OF great deeds n an q
study in modern strategy and tactica
nv Home IN the Field Of Honour.
(Doran). by Frances Wilson Huard.
Nine. Huard was in her chateau. sixty
miles northeast Of Paris, In charge OF
the safety Of her young boy and woman
servants In the days OF Won Kluck's
great drive TO take tho capital. A work
OF art in It's simple. colorful. intense ani
thrilling narrative-dran,atic by powsl
OF fact and the authors fine apprehen'
sion Of It's quality n not by craft OF
arrangement. The facts are 40 tire
mendous that tho finest art has been thu
simplest relation. incident by incident, o.
the truth. With illustrations by Charles
Huard. ofncial painter Of tho war to tn
sixth army Of France.