The sun., 1916-11-04
LOOKING AT Hi
WAR FROM MANY
POINTS OF VIEW
Interesting Records Written by Workers on the
Fighting Line and by Journalists.
Books on Housekeeping, Cooking, Golf for Women.
Auction Bridge, and Other Themes.

or the many books that are being
published about some phase or other
OF inc W. ny far the most inter-
esting and the most likely to have
soine permanent value are the records
Of person.. experiences and especially
those written in the form of letters or
d.dttts with no idea of their appearing
In print. Those written by Americans
have a special value to readers in this
country because OF the fairly detached
point Of View in describing what hap
pened. A Harvard graduate. Henry
sheahan, who served with the Ameri-
can ambulance. has put his experiences,
from the IN he left New York
10 the fighting around Nerdun. into
literary form in A Volunteer Poiiu
tHo1ghton Mifflin Company. While
this detracts somewhat from the d.
rectness Of the impressions II gives
Conference to the story he has to tell
and enables him to dwell deliberately
on many points that Americans are
curious about. k1.25.)
Vivid pictures OF what is going on
every day are contained In Mddcmoi-
seHe Miss (W. A. Butterfeld, Boston,,
the intimate letters written by an
American girl, serving as "A nurse I'm
4 field hospital on the firing line. let
ters that bring home the courage and
devotion OF the service and its bitter
needs. The little book is published 10
help the American fund for French
wounded. 80 cents.)
The private letters OF another Amer
lean, Leslie Buswell, who has received
the war cross for distinguished service,
appear in Ambulance No. 10 ,Hough-
ton Miflin Compans). They were
written while the author was tending
his ambulance On the front near Pont
! Mousson. They give a clear picture
81 life in the trenches and of the SER
vices the American ambulance corps is
rendering; they are simple, direct and
wholly free from self-consc!ousness.
fl)
There is more literary effort in the
accoun, Of his experiences with a
Field Ambulance at Ypres George II.
Doran Company by Prof. William
Boyd Of Manitoba University, but he
was on the ground in "A position to see
Close at hand the things he describes.
what happened to the British troops
between March and August of 1915.
Ni.25.)
The First Newfoundland Regiment
had the luck to count among its mem
bers a Harvard student. John CALI
shaw. II was sent to the Dardanelles
and nearly eXterminated. In Trench
ing at Gdllipol tThe Century Com
pany) he relates his own experiences
and the story of what his regiment
went through. II is as brilliant "a tale
Of adventure as has been written. a
straightforward statement Of what
happened Til the author was sent
home wounded, neither concealing
anything nor attempting to assign
blame. Sl.30.)
A more formal account of the Oar
danelles expedition is found in the
diaries OF an army chaplain, the Rev.
D. Creighton. with the Ticcnty-ninth
Dirision in GaliipoH Longmans, Green
& Coz. The selections deal chiefly
with military operations and personal
experiences. but they throw light also
pn the religious life OF the men and
the work Of the army chaplains.
The material for Rene Gae.l's Priests
In the Firing Line (Longmans. Green
& Coz Is derived from letters from
priests at the front. especially a friend
who was killed later, for the authors
age held him back To perform hospital
service. They describe what priests
have done for their country, in the
ranks. as helpers in the hospital SER
vice, and especially in the performance
Of their priestly duties under fire. 1t
Is a story that Is in thorough keeping
with the wonderful spirit France has
shown. The translation Is by II. Ham
llton Gibbs and Mime. Berton.
A. Seen By Journalists.
The reports Of its correspondent.
Gerald Campbell. to the London Times
regarding the operations in the Ner-
dun district are contained In Icrdun
10 the Tos1es edward Arnold; Long
mans. Green & Coz. The volume is
Illustrated with maps, photographs
and Interesting portraits. s3.)
A further instalment Of the Eye
Witnesses Narrative Of the War is