The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-23

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 By Charles Clifford Gill, lieutenant | commander U. S. N. George H. Do- i ran company, publishers, New York. 1 Lieutenant Commander Charles Clif-
 rord Gill of the United states navy
 addresses his book entitled Naval
 Power in the Great War" to both the
 professional navy man and the general l reader. The volume is clear record
 or the naval grand tactics of the war, and their results. The author applies
 to this war the point made by Admiral
 Mahan, that in all great wars between commercial nations, land power Is an-
 cl1ary to sea power. And he main
 tslns that in this war, as in past wars the force of sea power Is slowly but
 surely shaping the issues. He gives, too, definite idea of the work which has to be done in order to make the sea power of the United States an ef- fectfve guarantor of national security. The chapters describing the submarine operations and how we fight the C-boats will be of unusual interest to , the general reader. The volume had it's origin in lectures delivered by Lieutenant-C Commander Gill at the United States naval academy in the winter of 1915-16 to midshipmen who have since graduated and are now in active service. The discussion as ex- banded is published in book form with
 tie sanction of the navy department. and is to be used this year by the de- pertinent of English at the naval acad- eDly in the teaching of naval history. TEere are maps and diagrams and pictures of ships, from old printings
 and prints and modern photographs. The work is to be used at the naval
 academy as a part of the course ill
 naval history It is written from the
 standpoint of the technical student of
 naval warfare, and it is evident that
 the author has a strong underlying coEvictton of the importance of this country of maintaining it's naval pow CT at high state of efficiency. In addition to accounts and discussions of all the most important naval oper- at1ons of the war, including submarine
 warfare and anti-submarine tactics, there are chapters on the significance of naval power in the war and on nay al lessons of the war.
 Commander Gill gradu- ated from the naval academy in 1907 He was in the squadron that made the cruise around the world in Mir Roose- veits administration. For three years
 he compiled the professional and war notes Tor the United States Naval insti- ute Cthe service magazine). He con- tributed the article on the Navy" in .he American War Book for 1916, and has had number of articles in the institute and the Current History Mag azlhe. For three years G913-1916) he was an instructor in English and his-- tory at the naval academy. He is now on active service
 HE VOICE OF THE LEADERS" compiled by William Mather Lewis. With
 an introduction by Hon. Newton n.
 Baker, Secretary of War Kinds. Hay
 den x Eldredge Gnc), publishers,
 Union Square, New York
 The work is the most comprehensivc and authoritative of its kind that has been produced. The introduction is by lion. Newton D. Baker Secretary of War. The frontispiece is hitherto unpublish. ed picture of President Wilson
 The noble tone, the brilliant language of the addresses of President Wilson, Sec retary Lane. Hon. Arthur Balfour, M. Rene Viviani, Viscount Ishii and others, make this book one which will have permanent place in the library of a we'll read man. The style of the speeches and the suggestions which the author gives on the history of oratory make the work valuable to the busy man who wishes to make study of public speaking All Of these qualities combined with the sug- gestions on delivery contained in the school edition, give the Voices of Our Log al 1,,~ s,, 1; institutions, where it's power in promot- ing patriotic education and furnishing ex- amples of the best contemporary Eng fish will be recognized at once.
 This book is not one which will be of value only during the war. As the au- thor states in the introductory chapter: National crises particularly wars, have always produced great orations, and hay ing at it's root isues which are necessary to human happiness everywhere, will stimulate in this country and through out Europe public utterances of com- strength. Therefore, some of the addresses in the collection herewith very probably will find place among the oratorical classics of all time. Be that as it may, they all deserve careful study because each is the prod uct of leader in the great struggle, each Eliminates in some manner the great drama in which all mankind has a part"
 The author, William Mather Lewis. executive secretary of the national com mittee of patriotic and defense societies. is particularly qualified to prepare a book of this kind, having been an in struetor and lecturer on English and ora tory in colleges and having had wide experience as public speaker in political on the lecture platform, as a leader in the cause of national de- fense and as one of the -Four Minute Mem
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