New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
A Current Budget
On War, Religion and Variou.
Other Themes

Inc prolllc press OF the George y
Ooran Company sends US a numbar =,
war books: Harry Emerson Fosd;ck,,
"The Challenge of the Present Cris;. y
in which the author discusses the rel.
tion of Christianity to militarism ana
the attitude which Christians sbo,,Is
take toward the war; Mrs. Francis NJ.
Laren's w omen of the War" M.
trated. n fine account of the Brit;al
women who have taken the lead in sn ,nsa
york, and "The Merchant Marins "ar
War" by l.. Cope Cornford. with ~
preface by Admiral Jellicoe, a spiri,as
account of the exploits of merebsr.
ships and the brave men who mannas
them. '4"ea
The Century Company issues Char,s,
II: Grasty's Flashes from the Front
illustrated, containing the cream ~
the authors newspaper correspondent.
and something more, and "The Roots
OF the War" by william Steans
Davis, assisted by William Andersas
and Mason ". Tyler, scholarly an
alysis of German history since 1sAo s..o
and It's consistent leadings toward ths
present war. A'
Dodd. Mead & Co. publish decided.
y "diHerent' war book in Hereward
Darlington physical Phenomena and
the War in which the author dis
cusses the psychology Of soldiers IN
action and the effects Of Hunnisb
"fr ghtfulness," and also relates and
considers with much penetration Of
thought and breadth of judgment mn.
merous interesting phenomena. phys.
zeal or spiritual, which have been re-.
ported from the battlefront 1t ia a
work Of exceptional interest.
The John Lane Company offers Fran.
els Grlerson's illusions and Realities
OF the War" in which the psychology
OF the chief belligereHt nations is dis
cussed.
The Houghton Mifiin Company pub.
lish "A Generals Letters to His Son
on Obtaining His Commission" with q
preface by General Sir II. L. Smit,A
Dorrien; little book big with instrue.
ton and inspiration.
The Macmillan Company have ppb.
iished Mark Sullivan's "Wake lin
America" chiefly reprinted from "Cof
lier's"; timely discussion of present
issues.
E. P. Dutton & Co. publish "police
Reserve and Home Defence Guard
Manual" by Major William A. Dawkins
and Inspector Cornelius f. Cahalane
Of the New York police; a valuable
textbook for citizen soldiery.
The j; B. Lippincott Company's "of-
fensive Fighting" by Major Donald N
McRae. is technical handbook which
has been authorized for publication by
the War Department by recommends.
ton Of the General staff.
f. P. Dutton G. Co. publish in two
uniform volumes The Parables Of
Jesus" and The Miracles of Jesus.n bv
the Right Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang
Archbishop of York; discourses equally
spiritual and practical
Charles Scribner's Sons publish "Th.
Experience Of God in Modern Life" by
Professor Eugene w. Lyman, a com.
pllatlon of his lectures at Union Theo-
logical Seminary.
The Macmillan Company issues "This
Life and the Next" b. P. T. FORSYTH.
a consideration of the effect upon this
life of faith in another.
The Funk G. Warnalls Compsnv
sends us "The Life of God in the liz
of His World" by James Morris
Wilton; a book which aims TO make
Christian doctrine more fruitful in
Chrlstial conduct
The John Lane Company in Lighted
windows presents a compilation Of
DIR. Frank Cranes popular short es-
says.
The Fleming II. Revel Company
publishes a notably useful book in
How TO knlighten Our Children" by
Or. Mary Scharlieb, dealing with the
instruction of children by their parents
IN those physiological matters which
most intimately concern their health
and morals.
The Houghton Mifflin Company Of
fers delightful vacation book in Mary
Robert Rinehart's 'Tenting Tonight
beautifully illustrated account Of
sport and adventure in Glacier PARK
and the Cascade Mountains. in which
the accomplished author writes of ac-
tuai experiences with the same charm
which has made her works of fiction
so popular: From the same house
comes Bird Woman" by James vii
lard Schuitz: the self-told story, illus
trated, of Sacajawea, the daring and
fesourceful indian woman who was tae
guide CT the Lewis and Clark exped.
ton.
The George H. Doran Company sends
us Woodefaft Girls in the City," By
Lillian elizabeth Roy, an ILLUSTRATED
work of fiction telling how girls en-
joyeed in the city many of the joys Of
wilderness life.
Charles Scribner's Sons have pub
iishec In neat little volume Mr.. JUS
serand's eloquent and inspiring essays
on Roehambeau in America and Wash
ington and the French, under the title
OF The French and American Inds-
pendence."
Dodd, Mead & Co. publish "The gsrs-
luton Absolute" by Charles Ferguson
q, volume of thoughtful speculation on
me future of society, finance and poll
E, P. Dutton & Co. publish "Ths
business of Finance" by Hartlsy
Wlthers, an expert discussion of The
ways and means Of restoring norma
conditions of national and information
al finance after the war.