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Some War Books

Tho latest of CASTOR Jollivets vol
umes o ON the war is "Trois Mois de
Guerre," covering November and De-
cember, 1915, and January, 1916. The
closely printed l2mo Of 251 pages
which Hachette & Co. put forth is
notably complete encyclopedia of all
phases Of the great conflict during the
timo named.
Henry Newbolt's "Tales Of the Great
War" Is a handsomely printed and
/ illustrated Svo of over 800 pages,
! from the press of Longmans, Green
l& Co., giving spirited and informing
accounts of some of the most note
worthy episodes of the war on land
at sea and in the air.
In WARS Dark Frame" an illus.
trated 12mo of 263 pages, published
by Dodd, Mead & Co., Wadsworth
Camp gives a series of personal ex-
periences and views in the great war
calculated to disclose the real mean
| ing Of the conflict, from which he
came home to New York, to find in II
"a city that seemed proud of an in
cOmprenenslDIe ignorance VI Nlc ihe""
ing Of war" The reading of this book
might dispel some of that ignorance.
"Told in the Huts,' a richly illus
trated Alto from the Frederick A
Stokes Company, Is the Y. NJ. C. A
Gift Book, filled with interesting tales
told by soldiers and war workers, with
an introduction by Arthur X. Yapp
The fine colorcd plates were the last
work of the late Cyrus Cuneo.
The psychology of the Central
Powers and their sovereigns is care
fully considered by Professor Erncstc
Lugaro, of the University of Modena
in "An Emperor's Madness, or National
Alteration" published in 16mo by
f. P. Dutton e. Co. His conclusion
convincingly set forth, is that respon'
sibility for the war rests not with the
emperors alone, nor with their i'm
mediate surroundings, but with the
people.
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Bow Scouts and Bad Words

T1trhuYh. Illustrated by Wsltcr 9. Rogers.
l2no. pp oO9, Groesst a Dunlap, 1,r,ro -,a's
This is the second volume Of, a
series, published, we are told, with
the approval Of the Boy Scouts OF
America, and dealing in the form
of adventurous fiction, with the. Boy
Scout movement. The idea of the
series is a capital one. All possible
encouragement should be given to the
Boy Scout movement, and there can
scarcely be a better way In which to
interest boys in il, to attract them TO
II, and to instruct them practically in
Its methods and objects, than that or
entertaining stories. Mr.. Fitzhugh
does make his Scout stories entertain.
ing, and generally we'll written; and
there is the fascination of a growing
suspicion Of romance in them.
One blot appears, however, upon the
pages, which we sincerely trust that
the author will avoid in future writ
ings. We are not squeamish nor ultra
Puritanicsl. We know that boys
story would not be q boys story with
out the characteristic slang and OK
pletives of boyhood. When verisimili'
/ tude requires It,. we have no obJec
! tion 70 the quotation Of a rippln9
/ oath, Bob Acres fashion or otherwise
/ But we shall never pass without earn
( est protest that flippantly sacrilogioui
use Of the name Of tho Second Porsor
I of the Trinity which is so common a.
now to be regarded as our nationa
oath. Il is doubtless true, sadly true
that boys do commonly use tho VIII
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Issues of War and Peacemaking-
People and Things Of Interest

| achievement in all the world, in colon
ization and commerce; yet in thirty
years the German population OF all
that enormous region rose to only
about $500. In view of such figures,
we cannot see much promise of re-
stored African colonies relieving the
plethora of 90,000,000 in the Central
Empires.
Professor Johnson devotes his vol
Ume to a demonstration of the growth
Of Prussianism, its character and its
purpose. Beginning with an insignif-
cant territory in Eastern Germany, that
baleful thing now dominates all central
Europe and much Of Asia. The little
black spot upon the map Of few CEN
turies ago has grown into q huge,
sprawling blot reaching from the North
Sea and the Baltic TO the Mediter-
ranean, tho Red Sea and the Persian
Gulf. The character of Prussianism
has meantime become more and more
Hunnish, and its purpose has developed
from local self-defence to universal
conquest. The maps which accompany
the text illustrate admirably the geo.
graphical features of the story, and
complete a singularly informing and
suggestive little book.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
A Hero Amid the Terror

YOUNG LION OF FLANDERS. By Jo van Am
mers Kueler: translated By G. Theme With
four illustrations by Louis Raemaskers. l2mo.
pp. 800. Frederick A. stokes Company.
This is touching tale Of the Prus-
sian Terror in Belgium, eliminating in
the tragedy of Louvain, and Of heroism
and loyalty which shone all the bright
er amid the darkness. 1t is told with
marvellous restraint and composure,
and absence of that flaming wrath
against the Hun which might well blaze
forth on every page. Its purpose is to
depict the agonizing effect of the war
upon personal and domestic relations
as in a family in which the husband
was German and the wife Belgian; and
this the gifted author does with con-
vincing power. As story it is in
tensely interesting; as a sketch Of a
great historical episode it is vivid and
veracious; as an analysis of human
nature in its most distressing and
tragic experiences it is singularly pow
erful and complete. The four illustra-
tions by the Incompatible Raemaekers
add to its enduring value.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Russian Analysis

THE LADY WITH THE DOG. AND OTHER
STORIES. By Anton Chekhov. from the Russian
by Constance Gsrnett. l2mo. pp. 800. The Mac
milan Company.
This third volume of Mrs. Garnett's
translation of the Tales of Chekhov
shows the same fine blending Of tech
nical accuracy and spiritual spontan-
city that gave its predecessors their
charm and value, while as to the subject
matter of the stories them selves, nine
in number, we are not sure but that 1T
surpasses in genuine human interest
the contents Of the other volumes.
These tales are, like all of Chekhov's,
intensely and even mercilessly analytic.
He is not content with tearing OF
masks, or even with compelling his sub
jects to disrobe; but with his keel
scalpel he vivisects them until he re-
veals the throbbing viscera Of their
souls. We have wondered at times
whether any other people than the
Russians would endure such moral vi
visection. As for them, they welcome
and enjoy It. Whether Americans
would enjoy or would so much as toll
crate it, there might be much spiritual
profit in having such work essayed
among them; if only there were an
American Chekhov TO do it.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Too Much Psychology

BROMLEY NEIGHBoRHooD. By Alice Brown
l2mo. pp. AS The Macmillan Company.
Ibsenism has doubtless invaded New
England. But we must question
whether it has done so to so great an
extent as to have become characteristic
of it, and particularly of those few
alas, how few!-communities which
have as yet had no physical invasion OF
alien elements. There has long been,
of course, typical New England psy-
chology, as witness Hawthorne, in ro-
nance and all the Concord school in
philosophy; but it is at the antipodes
from that of northern and eastern Eu-
rope. In the present work, then, we
cannot help feeling that the author has
injected into New England life an ex-
otic and incongruous element, to the
detriment Of an otherwise thoroughly
admirable romance. Despite this ex-
cess of alien psychology, the heroine is
a we'll recognizable type Of New Eng
land girl, suffering the repression
which so many New England girls have
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Entrapped by jealousy

THE SNARE. by Rafael ssbs,ini. limo. pp
sl3. TIE J. Il. lippincott Company.
From the England of Elizabeth and
the Italy of the Borgias, Mr.. Sabatini
now leads US to the Portugal of the
Peninsular War; to our great pleasure.
That does not mean that we did not
enjoy his former romantic incussions
into bygone times and manners, but
that We enjoy this still more. That
is partly because the theme is less
kackneyed than its predecessors, and
partly because the authors admirable
art has made progress and here reaches
finer height of excellence than ever
before. The pace is set by delightful
young scapegrace who gets tipsy and
breaks into house Of nuns instead Of
monks; is condemned to be shot, but
gets off. An insanely jealous husband,
a splendidly high-spirited woman and
numerous civil and military officers, in
cluding Wellington himself, are among
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Brief Notices
Recent Publications and New
Editions

plays BY Jacinto Benavente," trans
lated by John Garrett Underhill with
portrait, 12mo, PIP. XIV, 267, Charles
Scribner's Sons), is a handsome and
authorized edition of five important
works by the eminent Spanish dram
atist.
Zone Thousand Literary Questions
and Answers" by Mary Eleanor Kramer
Cl2mo, PIP. 2S5, Sully & Kleinteich), is
a compendium of much useful informs'
ton. 1t is not, however, always trust
worthy as when it calls Tom Moore a
Scottish poet.
"Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Trag-
edies," by Charles G.. Mutzenberg
(12mo, PIP. 333, R. F. Fenno & co.., is
a somewhat cursorily prepared but
readable and informing history Of a
number of the famous family feuds OF
Kentucky and their origin.
"The Problem of the Unemployed"
by w. S. Williams (12mo, PIP. lOs, the
Gorham Press), is the effort of one who
is at once a clergyman and a physician
to set forth the causes, the dangers
and the remedies of one Of the gravest
Of our social and economic problems.
Cuban Cane Sugar" by Robert
Wiles illustrated, 16mo, PIP. IS, Bobbs-
Merrill Company, is not merely a
commercial brochure, but an interest
ing popular description Of great and
benefcent industry.
"The Book of Camping" by A. Hyatt
Verrill illustrated, l6mo, PIP. 1875, AL
fred A. Knopf), is a compact and use
full handbook of camping, telling about
all that needs to be known about that
fascinating and increasingly popular
form Of vacation life.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28

ernment, which seems good deal ike
conscription of capital.
When she writes Of the need OF i'm
proved agricultural methods, which
shall make England more nearly, self,
supporting, she is on sure ground, and
she has rauch to say that is of no less
interest and value TO Americans than
TO Enrlishmen. When she urges. the
end of kingship she strikes one Of her
favorite notes. which. of course, must
have a sympathetic echo in many lands
and IN innunerable hearts. We might
wish that her use of the English Ian
guage had been in places little, less
unconventional, but at least she a ways
makes her meaning clear and she is not
dull nor prosy in the expression OF H.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Remaking the Maps
Forecasts of Two Continents
After the War
THE RECONSTRUCTION or POLAND AND TIE
NEAR EAST By Herbert Adams Cibhons. l2no'
- IlrlIIrN EnrnnauN

NEAR EAST Rs nsrb.ri Adams GIBBONS. i2mo
pp ri. 2lS The Century Company.
TIE NEW MAP or AFRICA. .uoco-16) 4
History Of European Colonial E1panaon c.a snd
Colonial Diplomacy. By Herbert Adams Gi5'
boas. In. d With six maps s'o' pp' go
TIE PERIL OF PRUSsIANIsN By Dousi1 WI
son JohI'cn; ~ with m"Te. l2mo pD' o' u r
DR.. Gibbonss little volume of Cen
tury Magazine" articles is devoted 70
the consideration of the problem of do.
ing Justice to the small nations OF
Europe after the war. 1t was over a
small nation that the war ostensibly
began, and its opening performance
was a wanton and hideous assault upon
another small nation. There are half a
dozen other minor nationalities, or peo-
pies entitled to nationality, to be cared
for also in the making of peace, and IT
is quite certain that none Of the great
powers, least of all the United States,
can affo-d to ignore their claims. Dr..
Gibbons does not assume TO prophesy,
nor to dictate, but he indicates from an
informed point Of view what the claims
of these small nations are, upon what
they are based, and how in his enlight-
ened judgment they should be met. 1t
is a book which will not please all the
partisans of all the peoples in question,
nor all their critics, either, but 1t Will
command their respect and Will greatly
stimulate their thought.
DR.. Gibbons's book on Africa is, as
the subtitle tells, a history Of Eu-
ropean interests in Africa, which is
tantamount 10 a history of Africa, po-
litical, military and economic, for the
last century. With such themes DR..
Gibbons is we'll fitted to deal. through
his years of observation and study in
all three continents of the Old World,
and through his successful cultivation
of judgment and perspective in the
consideration of historical matters.
His estimates of policy in the Soudan,
in Egypt, in South Africa and else
where are chiefly to be commended as
sound.
On one point, however, there will be
a widespread inclination to take issue
with him. That is, his contention that
ii would be the part of wisdom to
restores TO Germany her African col
onies, in order to provide room for the
overflow of her population and thus to
lessen the danger of her renewed DOM
ination of Europe. This would be less
unconvincing if Germans had ever
showed any marked inclination to colo
nize Africa. But they have not. Ger
many owned the enormously rich
Cameroons for thirty years, and never
had more than a thousand of her peo-
pie in its 900 square miles. In
East Africa, with $4,000 square miles
of inconceivably rich country admira-
bly, suited to colonization, she made, as
DR.. Gibbons says, her most remarkable
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
The Boyhood Of Corky
A Second Volume Of Entertain
ing Autobiography

~ THE WORLD. b Marin Gorky Tr.n'l.1.ed 20
hy Ms Gertrude NJ Foaes svo. ID 5o1. Inc
Century Company.
Mr.. Gorky is doing the best work OF
his life thus far in his autobiography
That was our impression from the
reading Of the first volume, which dealt
with his childhood, and it is much con-
firmed through reading Of this second
volume, which deals with his runaway
apprenticeships at a variety OF occupa-
tions. As autobiography it is admi-
rable in the unfagging interest with
which he invests mis- detailed relation
of innumerable incidents, and IN his
frank and intimate revelation OF him-
self, his feelings and experiences and
the gradual development OF his charac-
ter. II is al. quite natural and unaf-
fected, a complete revelation Of self
without a touch of self-consciousness.
Then, too, IL is no less admirable as
revelation Of his environment, and, In
deed. as an analysis Of Russian life or
Of that portion of il with which he
came into contact. We are made to
hear the clatter of the streets, to smell
the reek of the soil, to see the men and
women whom he saw and to enter into
an intimate comprehension of their
passions, their sufferings and their
whole being. 1t is limited panorama,
it is true, but it is varied; and it is
moving picture colored with the hues
Of life.
Not the least interesting portions OF
the work are those which tell of his
early reading of such books as came to
hand-Balzac, Goncourt, Sue, Gogol.
Hugo, de Kock, Scott, Auerbach, Turge-
nieff and others. This was all before
he was fifteen and before he had gone
to any school of consequence. Yet he
had q shrewd appreciation, discriminat-
ing and profitable, of such literature,
and was doubtless profoundly infu-
enced by it, Balzac he liked best OF all,
though he was much pleased with Scott
and was entranced with the poems and
stories of Pushkin. The more he read
the greater was his craving for knowl-
edge, and so at the end of this volume
we find him making his way to Kazan
ain the secret hope of finding some
means of studying there" II he brings
his autobiography down to date in the
style of this volume our literature will
be enriched with such an exposition of
the heart of the Russian people as it
would be dffichlt elsewhere 10 find. .
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Misunderstood Mountaineers

THE MASTER OF THE HILLS By Sarah John
son Cooke. l2mo. I'd. 3?7. T.. 7. Dutton Co
1t is doubtless true, as Mrs. Cooke
assures us in the preface to her inter-
esting story, that not all the Southern
mountaineers are degraded degener-
ates, but that among them are many
who "only await the opportunity OF
education to take their place among the
best Americans" and it was worthy
and commendable thing TO undertake,
in an entertaining work of fiction, to
put the misunderstood members of that
race in their true light; though without
being unduly critical we might ques-
tion whether "the code of individuality
and liberty fought for by their fathers
and "handed down to them untouched"
which they still fight to maintain
comprised "moonshining" and murder.
We may add that while sixty years ago
there prevailed among many a certain
affected style of speech, stilted and ar
tifcial, and extravagant expressions Of
exaggerated emotion and sentiment, it
seems unfortunate to employ that style
in writing at the present day, at any
rate outside of the actual speeches
which are put into the mouths of peo-
pie of that former time.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
LADY Warwick on the War

A WOMAN AND THE WAR. by the CosI'ess .sI 40 o.
Warwick With portrait s'o' pp. VII -''
George H. Doran Company
The personal note is paramount. all
through Lady Warwick's book. There
is much of her personal "reminiscences
and observations, particularly OF ,l her
intimate acquaintance with Edward VII,
and there is still more of her personal
opinions on political and sociological
matters. These latter are not always
convincingly logical, as, for example,
when she plumply declares that var var
thought. from our readings of history,
that some wars enthroned and pro-
tected liberty. Nor is she altogether
fortunate in objecting to conscription
of men for military service because
there is no conscription OF money; we
had an idea that some pretty heavy
war taxes were being levied and that
some big industrial establishments had
been taken over outright by the gov
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Swapping With a Burglar

LEND NE YOUR NAME By Francis Perry
Elio... illustrated by Carnan Thomson. l2mo,
pp. 2s2. The Reilly & B1tton Company.
"Trifes light as air" may not always
be combinations strong" but they
may still be refreshing, entertaining
and quite welcome. The present trife
is deft compound Of mystery and GEN.
timent, Of venturesome action and of
ludicrous farce comedy. When a peer
swaps places with burglar in order
to promote his own romantic interests,
there is potentiality of much joy;
which in this case is copiously realized,
OF course it is preposterously impos-
sible, in spots, but the summer reader
of fiction cares less for the possible
than for the entertaining, and he gets
the latter to his hearts content.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
A Great Afrikander

JAN SHUTS. By ~ Levi Wit, twelve nlustrs-
uonS svo. %. vii, 80. LoDgmans. Green Co.
The philosopher who declared that
there was always something new COM
ing out of Africa would have found
gratifying confirmation of his dictum
had he lived in our day. He would have
observed in the relations of South
Africa and Great Britain probably the
most impressive example in all the
worlds history of reconciliation be-
tween once warning nations and of men
becoming the stanchest supporters Of a
government of which they were once
the most truculent and implacable foes.
The case of Louis Botha has already
become world famous. No less striking
is that of his colleague, Jan SHUTS.
This man was one of the most resolute
and resourceful of the Boer leaders in
the war of 1s99-1901. Yet now he is a
member of the British Imperial War
Council, and has been proposed as the
chairman of the forthcoming Irish Ma
tional Convention.
Mr.. Levi has here written what he
calls a character sketch of this note
worthy Afrikander. 1t is more than
that. 1t is a detailed biography of him,
and pretty complete history of South
Africa for the last twenty years, WIN
more attention paid to psychological
analysis of characters and motives
than is customary in such works: The
writer is a profound admirer Of Cen
eral Smuts-as who can help being who
knows him but he does not permit
his admiration to become fulsome.. He
has strong convictions concerning men
and affairs, especially during the sea.
son of storm and stress, with some Of
which many readers will disagree; but
he is evidently sincere and discriminat-
ing to them. On the whole, therefore.
it is a very interesting and valuably
informing work, concerning one Of the
most remarkable men that the virlle
and masterful mixed Franco-Anglo-
Dutch race in South Africa has ever
produced, and one Of the real leaders
of tho british Empire of our day.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Announcements

Doubleday, Page & Co. will publish
on August 10 Kathleen Norris's latest
novel. "Martie, the Unconquered," and
II. G. Washburn's book on the need OF
universal military service, "The Amer
lean Blind Spot" In September they
will publish "A Green Tent in Flan-
ders," an American woman's account
of life in a field hospital; and some
time in the fall they will add fourth
edition of jeremiah W. Jenks's THE
Trust Problem" and new detective
story by Wadsworth Camp.
The Oxford University Press will
presently issue "The American View
of the War Against the Imperial Ger
man Government" by James Brown
Scott: a record of the conduct of the
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
Life Shown in Fact and Fiction
Literary News and Miscellany

the characters in q most spirited and
enhancing drama, in which the scenes
and setting of Torres Vedras are made
instinct with throbbingg and often tor
rid and tempestuous human life. In
some historical novels the novel IS
sacrificed TO the history. and in others
the reverse occurs. Between Scylla
and Charybdis. Mr.. Sabatini steers
successful course, and gives US romance
with the convincing truth of history
and history with the alluring charm OF
,aitrn rnrn nnca
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American government, based upon off,

American government, based upon of1-
cial documents.
Moffat, Yard & Co; announce n for
early publication "The Prisoner Of War
In Germany," by Daniel J. Mccarthy,
who was delegated by Mr.. Gerard to
inspect German prison camps.
D. Appleton & Co. will publish i'm,
mediately a new thin paper edition OF
Stephen Cranes "The Red Badge OF
thur GUY Empey, author of "Over the
Top"
Charles Scribner's Sons announce
"The Fighting Men," by Alden Brooke,
for August II.
E. P. Dutton & Co. are about to Is
sue "Army and Navy Information: Uni
forms, Organizations, Arms and Equip;
ment," by Major De Witt =. rams; aha mo
Frances Campbell. A little later they
viii publish Z. H. Verrill's "The Book
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28
OOKS. AJJTHORS PUBL LISF4ERS-NEWS: REVIEWS: COMMENT

suffered, and in the end winning. the
freedom which many but not all OF
them ultimately gain. The appeal 70
human sympathy is strong, and the
narrative is engaging.
But in what dictionary is urge q
substantive?
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expression which Mr.. Fitzhugh, puts
upon the lips of Pee-Wee and Roy
and Tom. But the Boy Scouts ought
to make its use a penal offence. and
Mr.. Fitzhugh ought not to sully his
nspes with its unrebuked repetition.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-28

of the West Indies" and Don c. S,s,|
"Paul Jones and His Exploits Ia L,|
lish Seas, l778 to 1880" !
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Maxim Gorky

has written the second volume of
his autobiography. Critics all
over the world have hailed the
great Russians story of his own
life as his supreme achievement.
1t is not only marvellous picture
of a genius in process of devel-
opment; it is also a character
sketch of the perplexing, poten-
tally powerful, fascinating Rus
sian nation itself. The new vol
umc, which tells of the boy
Gorky's vcnturing forth to make
his own way, is entitled
IN NTHEWORLD
At All Bookstores $500
THE CENTURY CO., Publishers.