The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

and have worked from every anEl3 of the history and present condition of Santo Domingo. The author has made several trips to the Dominican republic and Hayti and has formed many friendships with prominent Do- minican families during res- idence of years in Latin-A America He served as secretary of the special Uni ted States commission to investigate the financial condition of Santo Do mingo in, 1905 and as secretary to the Dominican minister of finance in 1906
 He begins his narrative with the days of conquest, 1492 to 1533, and dis cusses the important stages in the his tory Of Santo Domingo to date Then comes chapters on the area and boun- dary, the topography and climate, the coalage and minerals, the flora and Iauna, the people, the religion, the edu- cation and literature, the means of transportation and communication, the commerce. the cities and towns. the government, the politics and revolu- tions, law and justice, the Dominican debt, and the fiscal treaty with the United States, the finance and the fu ture of Santo Domingo. THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RuP- ERT BROOKE" With an introduction by George Edward Woodbury and a biographical note by
 Margaret Lavington. The John Lane
 company, publishers, New York. Nothing more truly beautiful has been written since this great world war be- gan than the Poems by Rupert Brooke. the wonderful young Englishman, who gave his life for his country in the fight durng the Dardanelles expedition, April B, 1915.
 Not long before his beautiful spirit passed from earth to heaven, he sent from the Aegean sea to the hearts of countless sympathetic human beings the poem xby which he will always be re-, membered, The Soldier" He had writ ten many others-"Dead Mems Lives"
 The Great Lover," countless others but The Soldier" is his masterpiece, and the lines. If I should die thnik only this of me-" will always ring clear and strong and fine of his true young man hood and true nobility of character.
 THE SOLDIER.
 If should die think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign
 field
 That is forever England. There shall be In that rich earth and richer dust con A dust from England bore shaped. made Gave once her flowers to live, her ways
 to road.
 A body of England's. breathing English
 air,
 Washed by the rivers blest by suns of
 home.
 And think this heart all evil shed away pulse in the eternal mind, no less Gives back the thoughts by England
 given
 Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as
 her day;
 And laughter learnt of friends and gen
 tleness
 In hearts at peace, under an English
 heaven"
 MEN IN WAR; By Andreas Latzko Boni & Liveright. publishers. No. 105 West Fortieth street. New York city. Of the stirring and appealing book en- titled Men in War" by Andreas Latsko, it has been said that sThe war has in spircd two masterpieces: Under Fire by the French soldier Barbusse, and Men in War. by the Austrian officer Andreas I4atzko, an even more poignant interpre- tation of the effect of war on human be- ngs than Barbusse's novel"
 Men in War is notable among the wars great literary products. Under Fire is realism. Men in War Is artistic realism. From it we get total impress sion (of the war) that is more complete than that suggested by Barbusse."
 Andreas Latzko. author of Men in l War. which is pronounced by many | critics to be the greatest book the war has yet produced. is an Austrian officer. who. unlike most of his colleagues, hates the Prussian war machine with hatred 70 intense that it fairly burns up the pages of his book After serving on the l eastern front for long time he man aged to make his way to Switzerland. Then renouncing all desire 1 ever tc return to his native country the l book appeared with the authors name in l a subsequent edition. The Swiss publish l CTS received offers by cable from i've American publishers within three days. But the offer of Boni q Liveright having reached them nrst. they granted the iehts of pAbrSoation in EnEdish to that