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New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
The Empire Of Spain
Conceived in Antiquity and Once
Overshadowing the World

THE RISE OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE. By
Roger Biseow Merriman. With maps and tables.
1No volumes. Svo. Up. xviii. 529: XIV. 3S7. The
Macmillan Company.
No land of Europe or of the world is
more the home of legend and romance
than Spain. Neither are there many
lands comparable with it in influence
upon the serious history of the world.
Too much given to regarding her in
her decline, we have too little consid-
cred her IN her rise and dominance, or,
if we have thought of the latter phases
of her career, it has been as the enemy
and antagonist of England.
1t was WELL therefore, for Professor
Nerriman to prepare this comprehen-
sive history. profusely marked with
the tokens of painstaking research, of
the rise Of Spain from the time of
Pelayo to that of Ferdinand and Isa-
BELLA period which comprises the
CON pletion of the reconquest from the
Moors and the consolidation of the
various separate states into great
neninsular kingdom, with an outlook
into America and upon the whole
world. The relation of this fascinat-
ing narrative to all European history
Is by no means unimportant, while as
background to the history of the
Western Hemisphere It is simply in
valuable. The author has performed
his task with discretion and with fine
sense Of proportion, and has fortified
himself with numerous citations of
authorities and copious bibiograph HES,
and has thus produced history which
Will permanently command a standard
mi
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Bibliogenetics
The Multitudinous Progeny of
Pen and Press

IS. O. s. Stand TO-" by Sergeant
Reginald Grant, is g vivid and strenu
Gus recital Of almost incredibly peril
Gus, daring and effective work by a
young Canadian gunner during three
years in the trenches at the Somme.
ILLUSTRATED, 12mo; D. Appleton & Co..
"a Rumanian Diary" by Lady Ken
nard illustrated, limo; Dodd. Mead
e. Co.O, is a most readable and illumi
mating account Of observations and ex-
periences in Rumania during a period
from before that countrys entrance
into the war to the evacuation of the
capital.
George Bernard Shaw: His Life
and Works." by Archibald Henderson,
is an authorized critical biography of
the distinguished poser. Boni & Live
right have just reissued it in popu-
lar, illustrated edition.
Back to the Republic" by Harry F..
Atwood 12mo, Laird e. Lee), is a
sincere and thoughtful discussion of
the American system of government,
arguing for true republicanism as the
golden mean between autocracy and
democracy.
"The Yellow Dog" by Henry Irving
Dodge (Harper e. Brothers), is brill
liant little skit by this popular writer,
directed against the yellow Dogism"
OF pro-Germans; full Of good stuff for
American patriots to read.
"The Destinies of the Stars" by
Svante Arrhenius, is the authorized
translation from the Swedish, by J. E.
Fries, of singularly fascinating work
about the wonders of the heavens, by
one of the worlds greatest authorities
on the subject. illustrated, 12mo, G.
p. Putnam's Sons.)
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

THE POLTrICAL CONDITIONS OF ALLIED Sic
LESS. Ey Norman Angel. l2mo DID, xvii 35o
e. T. Putnam's Sons ''' 'n' ''o'
Mr.. Angel has recovered in part
from his pacifst dreams, and devotes
his latest book to a generally sound
plea for the cooperation of dcmocra-
cies for self-defence. Yet some traces
and some influences of those futile
visions still remain. Especially does he
!cl!ng to the delusion that the war is to
ne Won by persuadng the German peo-
pie to turn against their own govern
ment, and that if it is won in any
other wav the victory will be vain.
We should, he seems to think, assure
the Germans that after the war there
VIII be no commercial or industrial
prejudice against them and no thought
Of holding them to good behavior
through the potential exercise of mill
tary power; for if we do not do that
they will cling to their autocracv and
militarism. From that view OF the case
we must dissent 1t is necessary to
discriminate between the economic de-
struction of nation, which is some
thing with which We have no thought
of threatening Germany, and the TAX
ing of measures to prevent nations
using its economic prosperity for the
political destruction of others. which
is what we certainly do intend to do.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Marriage via Reichenstadt

% rs DEs smo pp eNa1H so hy wass Mfs A'{sa es sds
This is another noteworthy novel
by the author of "Salt of the Earth /"
revealing German life, the general
characteristic of the Hun as an indi-
vidual and his attitude towaId his
country, and the revolving effects of
kultur and an arrogance which is
appalling in its bgotry.
The story opens several years prior
to the war, when peace apparently
rcigned over Europe, England especial
y not thinking Of war with Germany
Karen Gilfoy, an English girl, is in
vted to the wedding of a schoolmate,
who is German. living in Reichenstad dt.
While there Karen falls in love with
and eventually marries Graf " Hohen-
roda, much admired type of Junker.
Though in love with her husband
Karen is disillusioned about Germany
and The German customs, knowing that
she will never become a good German
as her husband wishes her to do. She
perceived that the Germans have
nothing but hatred for England and
all things British though they ape
their ways where ever it is possible
TO do so. At the time of the assassi-
nation at Serajevo, when Germany is
secretly preparing for war, Graf V.
Hohenroda is killed in duel, leaving
Karen alone in Germany, in the den
of the wolves, not even the fact of
having married German of the mil
ltary class being protection from the
gross insults inflicted upon her.
1t is an extraordinarily strong and
absorbing story, written in the first
person, and Mrs. Sidgwick has told in
compelling way how Junkerism and
kultur are predominatng factors in
Germany, sacrificing everything and
everybody to their merciless and sim
lStcr grasp.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
F1aggard's New Tale
A Sympathetic Romance of Love
Triumphant

limo. ID. sSs I.ongmans. Green Co.
1t is a far cry from "King Solomon's
Mines" and "Allan Quatermain" to
this romance of English country life,
but that is not to say that there is a
great contrast in merit. Some diff
ference there is, beyond question,
since "Quaternain" was almost unique
and unapproachable amid romances of
wild adventure, while such supremacy
can scarcely be claimed for Love
Eternal" Yet the latter stands we'll
above the average of writings of this
kind and will add new credit to the
repute of it's versatile author.
Briefly, it is the story of two fine
young English persons, she the daugh-
ter of purse-proud and vulgar
blackguard and he the son Of big
eted clerical cad. They love each
other truly, but their scalawag sires
object to their mating; so, after a
dramatic scene, in which he knocks
her father down - oh, how we love
the lad!--they part to meet no more
for ten years. Amid the stress of
the great war they meet again, with
love as strong and true as ever, and
are married, only to be parted for a
time by her death and then reunited
by his death. 1t is a capital tale,
humorous, dramatic, sympathetic, and
true to human life.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Household Economy

TIE MPLEX BOOK FOR RECIPES $40. ID.
li, Ii.c Tapitx Corporation N'
THE TAPLEX BUDGET AND RECORD FOR
Personal. Oh FAMILY EAPENSES Folio
pp. lJ9. The TapeY Corporation
Two useful books, particularly in
these days Of conservation, income tax
and whatnot. The one contains a
number Of attractive recipes and
blank spaces for writing or pasting
clippings OF a great many more. and
should be of much practical conve-
nience to the housewife. The other is
an expense book, in which the family
Or personal outgo is thoroughly ana
lyzed and classified and tabuated bv
days, months and the year in a most
lucid manner. The use of it should be
a valuable incentive and aid to thrift,
IS we'll as means of information and
reminder
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Portugal and Japan
Volumes of Strongly Contrast
ing characteristics

PORTUGAL. OLD AND YOUNG An Historical
ssnni Ssudy ,.n,.ls BY George Young Crown svo, Win
University Press
JAPAN Tho Rlse OF Modern Power By Robert
trsious "ssr m ST'ws ss Sv9 with maps and illus
1t would not be easy to find two re-
lated volumes more strongly contrastcd
IN style than these two members of the
admirable historical series which the
oxford Press is putting forth. Of Mr..
Young's Portugal" it is difficult to
speak IN terms which will not seem ex-
IraVagant Not since we last reread
Macaulay and Green and Motley and
their compeers have we opened a more
entrancing history book than it. Packed
and crammed in every line with au-
thentic information, marked with CO.
plous research, discretion and a fine
sense of proportion, it is as interesting
as novel and as dramatic as an acting
play One may not care three wkoops
for Portugal, yet let him once begin
this book and its spell will hold him
fast hound to the end
OF Mr.. Porter's Japan" we would
not speak too severely, because it was
tar from being finished when its au-
tnor died. 1t contains much that is
OF real value, particularly of the later
i.iSeoiy VI JdphI buC IL is written IN
the dry and dull style of an economist
or statistician-which Mr.. Porter
largely was, and in which capacities
ne excelled most contemporaries s-and
1T is marked with extraordinary dis
proportion. For example, while the
work aims to explain and to describe
the opening of Japan and her rise to
the status of modern power, the ac-
count of Perry's mission is of the
briefest and most perfunctory descrip-
tion, while of Townsend Harris, per
haps on the whole the greatest figure
in the modern history of Japan, there
IS only an incidental mention. Again,
while many pages are given to the war
with Russia and several minor engage
ments are described at length, there is
nothing but the barest mention of the
battle of Tsu-Shima, by far the great
est naval battle in that war and one
of the greatest in all the history Of
modern navies. Such faults greatly
mar a work which, despite them, is of
considerable value and will be gener-
ally priced with the rest of the series
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
With Pen and Press
What the Authors and Publish
ers Are Doing

G. P. Putnam's Sons announce for
immediate publication "The Devasta-
tion Of Europe" by DR.. Wilhelm Mlh-
Ion, the former director of the Krupp
works, who has barred the German plot
to despol Europe. This is an Ameri-
can copyright edition and is issued by
special arrangement with the Swiss
publishers.
E. P. Dutton & Co. will offer very
soon an American edition of the COM
plete works of Leonard Merrick, the
first such presentation of the author
given to the readers of this country.
Little, Brown & Co. announce for
August publication "The Government
of the British Empire" by Edward
jerks, presenting in comprehensive
manner the system under which the
British Empire is governed.
Alice Stone Blackwell has received
"the little grandmother of the Russian
revolution" saying thai she is in hid
ing because she is pro-war Socialist
and therefore opposed to the Bolsheviki
She expresses confidence that Russia
eventually will become common
wealth.
Arnold Bennett is reported from Lon
don as having taken charge of British
propaganda for France.
Zane Grcys novel "The U. P. Trail"
published by Harper e. Bros, is
called in England "The Roaring U. P
Trail" The text is the same in both
editions.
The lively writer who wells her iden-
tity under the pen name of "a Woman
OF No Importance" has written another
book, to be called Further Indiscre-
tions," which Z. P. Dutton & Co. will
soon publish.
Preston Gibson, author of "Battering
the Boche." has refused an army COM
mission to enlist as a private in the
Marine Corps. Before he wrote his
book of war adventures Mr.. Preston
was known as playwright. He Joined
the French army as volunteer last
August and was twice cited for brav-
cry. He returned to the United States
to speak FOR the last Liberty Loan. \
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has pub
lished the third volume of his war his
tory, and it is said to be the first one
permitted to reveal the exact identity
Of the units engaged.
The University of Chicago War Pa
pers, the sixth and seventh numbers of
which are announced for publication,
have caused great deal of interest
both in this country and abroad. They
have been in demand by newspapers,
clubs, schools and Libraries and have
been utilized by state councils Of de-
fence. The latest issues are England
and America" by DR.. Conyers Read,
and Democracy and the American
Schools" by Charles II. Judd.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

there is no need Of it, that they are
already scared into our very souls. But
neither is he oblivious of the other
phases of the war, of the humor, some
times grim, sometimes racy, which is
to be perceived in the trenches. We
may be sure that the soldiers themselves
have a sense of it; the fact that they
still live and have their reason proves
it. Indeed, we are told that Captain
Bairnsfather himself cultivated that
sense and developed his marvellous
power of graphic expression of it in
the trenches. We can imagine that he
gave great comfort, relief and joy to
his comrades with his rude sketches on
fragments of boards and rocks. He has
given them to the world in the subse-
quent publication Of his inmitable
cartoons; which we could wish to be
seen by evary soldier who goes cover
there" and by every one who is inter
ested in our soldiers and in the war.
And this latest collection contains some
of those which are best worth seeing.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

TIE EXPANSION OF EUROPE. ny w. c. Ao-
hott With mars and illustrations. Two VOL
uSscs $40 pp. xxi. Sic; xiii. A6s. Henry Holt
Co.
To comprehend the present we must
understand the past. To see Alright the
world war of the twentieth century we
must scan with discriminating eye the
perspective of the centuries since that
rreat era OF navigation, discovery and
evanston which extended the interests
of Europe throughout the world. 1t was
from the early part of the fifteenth to
the latter part of fthe eighteenth cen
turv that the foundations of modern Eu-
rome and, indeed, of the whole modern
world. were laid. and laid so deep and
strong that they could not be subvert-
ed even by the two revolutionary
ueriods which have intervened between
those times and our own. Great changes
have occurred, no doubt. but the gen
eral construction of Europe was in
1914 much the same as in 1889.
1t is to history of the three and
half centuries which we have indicated
that Professor Abbott devotes the hand
some and compendious volumes which
lie before us. 1t IS not so much, how
ever. history OF events, narrative aud
dramatic as of processes and condi-
tons, coatemplative, explanatory and
philosophical. And this latter is pre-
cisely the kind of history that at the
present conjuncture of human affairs is
of the greatest value. We all know, or
we car readily learn from existing
works, all about the voyages, battles
and what not OF those crowded CEN
tures. But We do not all know what
the meaning and results of those things
were and what their relation was and
is to the present time. This. then, is
the purpose which our author has
sought to serve, and in his effort he has
admirably succeeded. Particularly rich
are his sumptuous volumes in discrim-
mating expositions of the advance of
human knowledge, the increase of
human comfort and the general growth
of arts and sciences. 1t is history,
above all. of the development of Euro
pean civilization and of its extension
throughout the world. AS such it de-
serves permanent and conspicuous
place among the best literature of the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Humor in He'll
Captain Bairnsfather Continues
the Odvssev of Oil R;ll

fEhGMENTS FROM FRANCE BY Captain Bruce
inannsiather With Introduction by George Haven
iiutnam Part V. Thirty one cartoons. q. F.
Putnams Sous "
Thank God for humor! IF it were not
for that saving grace the world might
wen go mad. The man who can make
two smiles appear where there was
only one before is a benefactor of the
race. But how much moro is he who
can make smiles and mirth prevail
where without him there would be only
the gloom Of utter tragedy! Most Of
all must we be grateful to him who can
do this without trace of mere Ain-
pancy or making light of really serious
subjects.
Such is the gift of Captain BARNS
father. He is not unmindful Of the
awful tragedy of the war, of the brutal
ity OF the Blond Beast or of the mar
tyrdom of it's innumerablc victims. If
he does not dwell upon these, it is be-
cause he knows too sadly we'll that
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

OF information and authority and in q
spirit OF greater impartiality than we
might expect to find in such a work.
.he writers of which are sure to
nave strong lnclinations toward one
ject. N'e0 'uo-
While it takes philosophical view
OF the great problems involved and
seeks to explain the various processes
and results which are recorded. II cons
talns little special pleading or prona-
ganda, but is primarily and preem;-
nently a history, conceived and witt
ten IN the true spirit of an historian
VINO writes not tract for the times
put a permanent and Trustworthy rec-
ORD Tor all time. 1t will doubtless be
generally accepted as the standard his
tory Of American labor.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
The Ship Of Death
THE SHIP OF DEATH BY Edward stiaet

THE SHIP OF DEATH. BY Edward Stillsebauer
Authorized translation by NJ. T. H. sader larno
pp. 232. Drentanos.
This extraordinary work of imagin-
alton is centred upon the torpedoing
Of the passenger steamer Gigantic
an obvious pen name-by German
submarine, and the going mad of the
captain of the latter craft under the
obsession of the ghost of one of his
victims. who was young woman Of
whom he had formerly been enam-
cured. In his madness he passes
through thirteen successive reihcarna-
tions, in each of which he is the chief
actor in some monstrous crime of the
Germans. 1t is work of colossal
power and fascination, though un-
speakably grewsome.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
American Labor
a History of Economic Devel
opment in the United States

HISTORY or LABOR IN THE UNITED STATES.
Ky, ny aGnn H. Commons; David j.. saposs. T. b.
M Mn.'eman John H. Andrews. Helen NJ sum
mer' @ a. p !loagland and Seig Pcrman With
xn,n,'a All Introduction by Henry w. Farnam. Two
auiIu1lcs Svo: rp Xxv. 623: Xx. GEO. Tho Mac
hl'iian Company
Ihis is decidedly the most comprc-
nenslve and on the whole satisfactory
work OF the kind which has thus far
appeared. In time it extends from
Colonial days to the present time. In
scope 1T deals with practically every
phase OF that vast congeries of ques-
lions, issues and what not which we
vaguely term the Labor Problem-so-
clal' moral, political, industrial, com
mercial. This it does with amplitude
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
A Man Of the Southwest
BY CHARLES c.. NORRIS

BRUCE OF THE CIRCLE A. By Haro.d Titus
Illustrated. limo. ID. 2s4. Small. Maynard
Co.
He wanted 10 know how a man could
help loving woman like that and
we give it up. Now we want to know
how anybody could help loving and ad-
miring a man like that; and-youIl
have to give it up, too. Every inch a
man, he dominates the tale from first
to last, and makes you feel how great
true manhood is, whether in the So
phisticated metropolis or amid the
primitive nature of the Southwest 1t
is capital story.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
In Alsatian Trenches

SOLDIER UNAFRAID Letters OF Andre Cor
net-Auqu'cr Edited and translated with an
Introduction by Theodore Stanton. With por-
trait limo. pp. ITO. Little. Brown Co.
Captain Andre Cornet-Auquier, after
gallant service in the trenches on the
Alsatian front, died of his wounds.
leaving budget of letters which re-
veal and portray the life in the
trenches with graphic power, and
which also breathe singularly noble
and gallant spirit. We have had many
volumes of' such personal documents,
but we cannot say that this adds one
too many to the list. 1t was we'll worth
while for Mr.. Stanton to prepare the
letters for publication, and many a
reader will thank him for so doing.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Arise. Ye DeadT"

THE CLOUD. By sartcll Prentice lamo. pp TO-
+. T. Dutton x Co.
The book is really bugle blast, to
waken sleepers and even, as before
Verdun, to call the dead to life. In
that one penetrating, insistent note
the damnableness of the Beast of Bcr-
lin is pilloried, the loyal service Of our
allies is approved, and every Ameri-
can heart worthy to inherit the legacy
of 1776 is reused to action for God and
man, "to a victory that nothing in all
Germany can ever halt"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Facts and Fancies Of the War
Current Fiction and Miscellany

and cruisers, as they were, of course,
originally meant to do. In the present
war one of their chief functions is to
nunt and destroy the submarines, and
it is with this activity OF theirs that
Mr.. Connolly largely deals in these
spirited tales, We say largely, be-
cause other phases Of our naval cam
paigns also recciv. attention The
author writes with the triple merits of
naval expert, an accomplished story
teller with dramatic and humorous
gifts of a high order, and an earnest
patriot. and he has produced collec-
ton OF tales which will be read with
absorbing interest and with much profit.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Where Haroun Re;gned

TO PAGDAD WITH THE BRITISH BY Arthur
Tflotson Clark. Illustrated. l2mo. pp. Kill. 2o5
b. Appleton & Go.
There is more of six-inch shells and
shrapnel in this book than OF "spires
Of fretted gold"; which is. of course,
exactly as it should be. There is much
To stir the imagination in twentieth
century campaign in Mesopotamia, but
there is also much more to engage the
was very much "in it" as a member Of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
One of Our National Foibles

THE PERIL OF IIFALUTIN By Huntington Will
sot, limo, pp. 2o3. Duneld & Co.
avoid extremes" is the keynote Of
MIR. Wilson's essays, and upon it he
dwells with earnestness, il not with
any startling degree of originality. His
experience in public life has invested
him with the authority of inform alton.
and his judgment is generally sound,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
N eWS: Reviews: Comm,

against reaction on the one hand and
radicalsm on the other. 1t must be
regretted that he makes some misstate-
ments, such as that 1--WE paid Spain
$4,000, 900 for the Philippines" as also
that the publishers have permitted
some glaring typographical errors to
slip into the text
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Ambulance Service

THE WHITE ROAD OF MYSTERY BY Philip
Dana Orcutt. illustrated. 12mo. pp. lTS The
John Lane Company
Mr.. Orcutt was an ambulance driver
in the field service, and saw much ac-
tive, .perilous and invaluable duty at
the front His notebook, here pre-
sented, gives highly, realistic view
OF his experiences, yet one that is also
highly idealistic. for he had the fine
gift of seeing the heart and soul of
things and of writing of them with ap-
probation, and therefore with au-
thority,
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
A Budget of Good History Books
OF Lands, Peoples and Affairs
By Willis Fletcher Johnson

the British expeditionary force in
Mesopotamia, and he has fortunate
gltt for describing the things he saw
and relating the incidents in which he
participated. His book is really
worth while" contribution to the liter
ature of a part of the war of which we
nave not heard as much as we should.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Authors: Publis hers-New

ing Doors, Full Mobilization of Chris
tan Forces. etc, There is nothing Wis
ionary though there is plenty of
vls'on-in it, nor any namby -pamby
sentimentality. but all is straightfor-
,ward, practical and manly. 1t is a
pook which should prove inspiring and
nelp1ul to all who labor for the well
fare Of humanity.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
War Time Tasks

THE CALI. OF A WORLD TASK IN WAR TIME
BY j. Lowell Murray. limo. pD. 2l4. Student
Volunteer Movement.
The duty Of practical Christianity in
war time is the theme Of this earnest
and suggestive volume; divided into
such heads as Reality in Religious
Life, Christian Internationa!ism. Open