Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08

were not possible to reproduce by the
medium of mere print. This is the
picture-record of an eyewitness to
| incidents and events of tremendous
Significance and appeal. Details OF
war method come out here in str1k-
ing objectivity. Intimate s1dellsnts
on trench and field life fash out from
every page. Historic places become
more than bare names here. The
devilish ingenuity of the mechanics
| of war reasserts itself. The horrors
of actual combat. the heights OF per-
sonal gallantry are here in direct at
| tack, upon the mind of the reader:
Each sketch is prefaced by note OF
explanation. a local setting OF the
action represented. On the part of
the author and artist there is con-
slant evidence of human sympathy.
individual courage. f1rst-hand OBJ.
servation. great technical skill and
artistic feeling. An enthusiastic ia C
made to Frederic Villiers in an in
PRODUCTION by Philip Gibbs. The
whole is a valuable and desirable bit
of evidence of high historic worth
just as it is. also, thing of strong
personal appeal.
SOLDIERS ALL; Portraits and
Sketches of the Men Of the A. Z. F.
BY Joseph Cummings Chase. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
More than hundred soldiers come
together here to form Mr.. Chase
portrait gallery of war heroes. AS
matter of course the picture of Gen.
Pershing stands first. And while this
gallery is largely made up of officers,
there are private soldiers in the COM
pany. Opening the book at random
say, page 417-once chances upon the
picture of Private Carl w. Dasch-a
handsome boyish fellow-who. for six
days and six nights, while attached
to the Sd Battalion, carried messages
between the firing line and battalion
headquarters. through. heavy enemy
shell ire. During this whole
series of engagements Private Dasch
did not sleep and taxed his physical
endurance to the utmost, at all times
setting to his comrades an example
of utter disregard for danger and OF
exceptional devotion to duty And,
SO. the. great story runs by way OF
the heroes portrayed here. Mr.. Chase
was authorized by the War Depart
ment to go to the front to make this
special kind of war record. Figuring
here are privates. sergeants. corp
erals and so on up. to cover men whose
responsibilities increased as their own
personal hazards diminished. A fore
word by the artist outlines the pur-
pose of this work and the conditions
that were set for it's execution. Here.
too. is a roster Of army, corps and
division assignments. accompanied by
the A. E. F. The interesting book Is
dedicated to 1.-THE men who weret
awarded the distinguished service
cross, but who did not live to know
it,"
THAT DAWN w; A Record OF Over
~ seas Service. BY Katherine Mayo.
author of 'The Standard Bearers"
etc. illustrated. Boston: Hough-
ton Mif1in Company.
stirring and absorbing story. It
is the story of the work of the "Y''
overseas-an unbiased account in
which there is no shadow Of fear or
favor. Under her own stipulations
of perfect freedom and independence.
Katherine Mayo consented to go
across for the sake of getting at the
true quality and extent Of the Y. M.
c. A. service in the American expe-
dictionary force. Keenly observant in
just this sort of field, able to or
ganize and vitalize the material gath
cred, filled with sympathy that is
in intelligence, and endowed with a
rare sense Of the values of a sit
uation, the writer has put the whole
OF her rich equipment into this story.
Herself a convert-a not altogether
ready convert-to the Importance Of
to the plain truths. not indulging her.
self in her newborn enthusiasts.
But the enthusiasms are there and in
just measure they are allowed their
day. In a sense. the book is tribute
to Edward Clark Carter, the splendid
France. In other parts it is plain rec
ord. and recognition of other work
ers in this field. 1t is, besides, good
writing-strong, dramatic. straight
across writing: Read he chapter
Then read all the other chapters
as you, will.
MY THREE YEARS IN AMERICA. BY
Count Bernstorff. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
The substance Of this book en-
phasizes the Importance given to it
by Its mere source. Count Bernstorf
was, during his stay in the United
States, the fountain Of knowledge
concerning the projects and plans Of
man activity. in this country. The
outstanding quality OF his book is
openness of avowal, frankness Of dis
closure. In this spirit he reviews
the relations existing between his
own country and the United States
he passes Immediately to the begin
ming of war and it's effect in this
country by way of German propa-
ganda, with which he deals in an in
elusive and detailed fashion Then
come the discussions, from his own
point of view-a German standpoint
|-of the various incidents" covering
the fate of the Luisitania, the Arabic
the Sussex. The 'so-called" German
conspiracies are gone into with some
thing of the gesture Of the magician
whose object is dissipation, evanish-
ment. The book as a whole-an alb
sorbing1y interesting books a Sc
to bear upon certain well known
events incident to Germany's Amer
lean relations prior to 1917. There is
much of interest here in the writer's
Interpretation of the American psy-
|chology-not an altogether compli-
expect that. Whatever of sympathy
for America or whatever Of under
standing of America the writer lacks,
however, is more than made up for
by his ardor of admiration for the
fatherland. by his comprehension OF
its aims and ambitions. The record
reads along in a plain and self-con-
tanned fashion. dealing on the sur
face with familiar events. Its in
spiration, subtly expressed, is, how
ever, contempt for America and
hatred Of England. A most interest
ing study of the writer's own mental
and spiritual outlook.
THE CRUISE OF THE SCANDAL,
And Other stories. BY Victor
Bridges. author of "a Rogue by
Compulsion." etc. New York: G. p
Putnam's Sons.
Fifteen adventures-some of them of
the capital A sort, others picked OFF
at random from the plain, everyday
rim of a fFa ira Soma If them doo1 nv ~ h