East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-05-21
NEW WAR BooKs

AbtAOFtulk---tt1lttc- MORNING.
"A novel of the German revolution
that may come. tribute to the in,
telligence ana justice of German
Nyomanhood. We see millions Of Ger
man women disillusioned, awakened
determined. rising against and subdu
ing the system that has appalled, the
world. Mrs. sAtherton has added al
the end of her book an argument in
which she quoted reliable and irrefut.
able authority for daring to believe
that a revolution conceived and en-
Sineered by women is possible in Ger
many Gertrude Atherton-prophet
OF the Germany to come; interpreter,
perhaps, of the Germany that is-gives
us an intensely dramatic Trovel of the
inevitable outbrust of the hroodina
forces of unrest that lurk beneath the
surface of Germany today. Mrs.Ather-
tons intimate knowledge of Germany
and Germans, gained through long
residence there and her close acquain-
tance with they best ins German intel
lectual and social life. give her startl-
ing novel more than ordinary value as
a prediction of what may soon come.''
BarllcF--The Aer0plane Speaks
This book has been adopted bN the
United States Government for use in
the instruction of aviators. Captain
Barber. whose experience in designing
building and flying aeroplanes extends
over a period of eight years, has writ.
ten this book to be of accistanoe to
the pilot and his aids Lucid and well
illustrated chapters on flight. stability
and control, rigging, propellers and
Fs~IIs
airy of aeroplanes and their Develop
ment from the first practical flying
machine
Ourtin-Land of the Deepening Shadow
THE author is young American
war correspondent who went to Ger
many late in 1915. His purpose in the
book is to give general picture of
conditions In that country under the
stress of war. In the early chapters
he aims to show how all Germans were
made to think as one man. in other
words, how the German government
creates unity" 1t is done by utilizing
all the forces that mold public opinion
schools. pulpit. theater, and press. In
the later chapters he describes "the
forces tending to disintegreate that
wonderful unity" Among the chapters
are: A land of substitutes; The gagg>
ing of Liebknecht: Spies and semi
spies; The iron hand in Alsace-Lor>
raine; The war slaves of Essen; Ger
manys human resources; In the deep
ening shadow
Depew-Gunner Dcpew
''Gunner Depew tells an amazing
story of what he did--what he saw
what he endured-in two years pack
ed solid with fighting on land and sea.
Fighting with the Foreign legion at
Dlxmude. Gunner on the French bat
tleship "Cassard." Fighting the Turks
at the Daranelies. In the trenches at
GRllipoli. Winning the Croix dc
wounded and sent to France,
Captured by the German raider
Moewe;' Transferred to the Var
and landed in Germany,
three months of starvation and torture
in German prison camps, and inter
view with Mr.. Gerard-anxious wait
FaIes-IeaTning to Fly in the United
States Army.
This book is primarily intended for
readers; and for the
student aviators who. called from
occupations, must cram
themselves at short notice with the
sist of airplane flying; and who must
omit everything except the outstanding
The desired essentials
are here given without sacrificing ac-
,uracy TO brevity. II has been necess-
iry to omit many technical details Of
interest to the aeronautlcal engineer
% whose need other larger textbooks
ire adapted sas "A complete survey Of
echnical aefonautics. In brief. the