Omaha daily bee., 1918-07-06

a raw recruit, trained private, non.
com. and finally through the officers
training camp to the coveted single
star of the lieutenant.
OWN JUDGE. BY H. J.
suter-Lerch. Houghton Mifflin Company
50 Cents. ....t...
This is a reply of cosmopolitan
Swiss to German propaganda.
Lauder. Hearst's International Library
Company.
Harry Lauder has dealt wondrous.
ly with the human side OF the war
He tells us of the men in the trenches
and their bravery in battle, how they
pass their few hours Of leisure in the
Young Mems Christian association
huts or rest camps, and what they are
thinking about the great cause fol
which they are ready to give up their
lives. He relates how he sang to
these war-worn veterans on the shell.
swept fighting line, and describes the
enthusiastic reception they gave him
He tells of his visits to the hospitals
and his cheering talks with the
wounded. A born author, he has ex.
celled in presenting series of touch.
ing incidents which appeal to the
reader and intensity interests in his
remarkable story.
BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE REICH.
STAG. By Able e. wet,erle. George H
Doran Company. $2.oo
These memoirs of an Alsatian priest
who has devoted his life to fighting
the political battles of his oppressed
people are animated by verse, intens-
ity and humor, and present the judge
ments of an eye witness of the scenes
described. The authors years in the
German parliament have given him
clear and detailed evidence of the hy-
pocrisy, stupidity and servility of
that body. The characters of German
leaders--the kaiser, Won Bulow, the
crown prince, Won Tirpitz, Scheide-
mann, Bethmann-Hollweg and a host
of others--are drawn with the assur-
ance of long personal observation.
WILSON'S STATE PAPERS
AND ADDRESSES. George H. Doran
Company. $2.o0.
This book contains over 20 ad-
dresses and state papers, including all
the historic war utterances both pre-
ceding and since our entrance into
the war. 1t has a complete index
and a list of the notable phrases
coined by President Wilson, with the
places where they occurred.
WOMEN AND THE FRENCH TRADITION.
milan Company. $3.50.
Under the heading "A Law Unto
Herself" Mrs. Ravenel considers
George Sand; "The Freat Tradition"
is devoted to Nine. de Sevigne; "The
Riddle of the Sphinx" to Mime. de
Lafayette and "A Woman Critic of
Women" to Arvede Barine. There
is an Introductory essay on "The
Eternal Feminine" another on "Great
Women's Daughters" and still an
other on "Women of France" Mrs.
Ravenel is a writer of skill with broad
literary appreciation and sympathies,
and her volume is one that will in
terest all who wish to get closer and
better understanding of French cul-
ture.
Magazine Notes.
July Scribner begins with a timely
and appropriate frontis-piece in color,
"The New Fourth of July, 1915" "The
U. S. Naval Academy" is the subject
Of an article by Carol Howe Foster" !"
one of the instructors. Captain
Jacques Rouvier, of the French mill
tary mission, tells how The Defen.
sive Battle" is fought. An article that
will be read with serious consideration
Of its significance and plainly spoken
truths is Frederick Moore's "Defeat,
Compromise or Victory" Fiction in
cludes short stories by Maxwell
Struthers Burt, Edward c. Venable,
and Hansell Crenshaw, the latter tell
ing another story Of the detective
DR.. Brill.
A remarkable variety of timely
topics is to be found in the July Pop.
ular Mechanics magazine. The ar.
ticles, 296 in number, are made in.
teresting and easy to understand by
38l illustrations. In the shop notes
department is an interesting story
of the remodeling Of diary barn, Sc
that a farmer, whose two sons had
enlisted, was able to do all the work
that formerly required the time oi
all three.
The story of "Foghorn" Macdonald
who, at s., enlisted in the Canadian
forces by swearing that he was 80
is told in the July American Magazine
In addition, there are such articles
as an interview with A. Barton Hep.
burn, the famous banker, who asks
whether you are the right age for
your job; Positively the Last Ap-
pearance of John Barleycorn.' which
tells how little whisky is left in the
country; "My Experience with Wom-
en- in Mems Jobs" the story of an
employer who has had to hire women
because of the war and "The Biggest
Taxicab Man in America" which tells
about John Hertz of Chicago.
In the July Woman's Home Com.
panion Kathleen Norris, the well.
known writer, has written a story oil
France after the war entitled Nine.
teen Thirty" There is also Margaret
Deland's third article from France
Napoleon and Others" and delight.
full short stories by Sophie Kerr and
Sylvia Chatheld Bates. Among the
articles is one on The Girl OF r." by
her mother, and a whimsical vege-
tartan rcYcl on Garden Sassn hr