Evening star., 1917-05-27
Reviews of New Books

soul. the supreme endurance of those
men of ours who fought and suffered
great agonies and died, and if MOI
killed or wounded, came out to rest 9
little while and fight again, not liking
1t. you understand-hating it like the
hell 1t is-but doing their duty, with a
great and glorious devotion, according
to the light that is in them" To show
the world just this. Mr.. Gibbs sketches
at sight these hundreds of scenes that
marked the fighting of the Somme re-
g1on subsequent to the great English
offensive of July, 1916. There is exact
with maps to define and objectify these
there are summaries of effort and eff
rect. useful to precise understanding
OF the campaign from the military
standpoint. There Is, besides a won
derfully dramatic outlook upon the
whole monstrous scene, and innumera- :
BILE pictures of man and man in one and
another of the stresses of that hideous
period. Mr.. Gibbs carries the work
forward in short, nervous periods that
hammer war into the consciousness of
the reader with stunning force. This
dramatic urge and the careful sum-
maries of action constitute the out
standing points of value in this re-
markable book.
COMRADES IN ARMS. By Capt.
Philippe Millet. Translated by Lady
Frazer. New York: George H Doran
Company.
1dylls of the fray is what, in an
introduction to this book, J. st. Loo
Strachey calls these vignettes from the
trenches. from the artillery zone, or
from behind the lines. These are swift
sketches of the English soldier, at the
hand of Philippe Millet, French COM
rade in arms. The English soldier will
have great JOY in looking at himself
here, and the English folks at home
will take pure delight in this picture
book of the front. Inspiring the studies
is that combination of understanding
and liking that guides the lines to true
effect. embodying the fighting Briton
pretty much, one gathers, as he really
is. Millet knows war and he knows his
comrades in war. Coupled with this
knowledge is the mans own French
Gift of spirited, clean-cut portraiture.
1t is notable war book-not a war
book of strategy and movement, but
rather war book of individual human
beings who are doing the greatest
things in the simple spirit of the DAYS
work. One must not forget the work
of Lady Frazer here. for her transla-
tion has in remarkable manner pre-
served the energy and spirit of the
original work.
THE OFFENDER: And His Relations to
Law and Society. By Burdette G.
Lewis a. b., commissioner of cor
ed. New York: Harper & Bros.
Using. chiefly. the institutions of the
state of New York as an object lesson
In prison reform. Mr.. Lewis adds to
this concrete basis the various theories
that are commonly advanced concerning
the offender in his relations to society
as a whole. This plan serves to bring
a comprehensive body Of information
On the subject in hand before the reader.
It is, moreover. exceptionally well or
yanized material. making a direct ap-
peal to the average understanding. In
The first part Of the study the writer
the offender from the various
approaches that society itself uses in
lis treatment. Here Is a discussion of
he courts in their several relations to
him. and to this are added descriptions
II the operations and effects of proba-
ion, parole. the indeterminate sentence
md other systems of discipline and
,ontrol. The institution. as such, In it's
lifferent forms and functions has a large
'lace in this discussion. The second
'art of the book deals with the methods
nd instrumentalities for the prevention
4 crime. An appendix adds useful mat
er to the general discussion in the form
I specific reports upon experiments in
he way OF prison reform or upon the