Evening star., 1921-03-06
Reviews of New Books

TT is the war corner of the book
shelf that sets Us off this morn
ing on the little talk about books
and their writers. And the group
at hand appears to have definitely in
mind that there are readers, and read
ers. one. oIi OF the group, passes
military strategy and tactics--a book
by Sir Douglas Haig himself. one
by another Englishman, stretches for
the general reader q panoramic view
home there is the story of the Ameri-
can Navy in European waters. one
offers TO New England TIL history OF
the Yankee in France. Another ap-
pea]s to that same locality by way
of the war SerNic" OF one of its
schools OF technology. Two thrill all
classes of readers with the epic Of
! American air service. And two 9TH
! crs-these by wcmen--preSent hun
dreds of incidents and implications
cauant up =, frs hand o1i d - V ~t'
zonr and ont 0: Ru.'zi" IN T"io.u ion.
SIR DolGLAS HAIG's D!>PATtEES
Edited by Lieut.. COL. !. II Boras-
ton. (. :: L. Illustrated. New
York: l.. u. Dutton & co.
The dispatches that make UP this
volume we're issued primarily by the
comma ndcr-in-chief OF the British
forces in France for the purpose OF
keeping the peop'e OF the empire in
.ouch with their own armies in the
field They were published. fna !Iy.
and in their present form. as Il Il lbu,e
TO the ''vaIor OF the British soldier and
the character OF the British nation.
Still another purpose. more forward
locking one. is served by these official
communications For. in an in;roduc
ton to the work. Field Marshal Foch
himself teStifies 10 their 'scrupulouS
accuracy" 20 their strict regard for
the truth in even the slightest details.
And again. he declares that the i'll
formation that they give. both about
the military opera tons themSe YES and
a bout the training and condition of the
troops constitutes them historical doc
uments of the highest order. There
fore. both the technic of war and les
sons of military history lie in these
dispatches to the British government.
The period covered by them is about
three years. \ great number of
sketch maps and a portfolio Of durable
folding maps objectify the military
movements and supplement the text
THE LAFAYETTE FLYING CORPS.
Edited by Jams Norman Hall and
Charles Bernard \ordhof. Asso-
ciatc editor. Edgar G.. Hamilton
Boston: Houchton Mitfiin Company.
/; is the second of these two big
volumes that captures tn" general
reader. The first one is addressed to
the families and friends of the Amer
lean flying forces, and belongs to
second
them. too. and to tn" rest of us as
well. Th. fliers themselves make this
second volume by way Of their own
letters and stories. soa king it in the
atmosphere of air-ighting and pack
ing it with the personal Incidents of
combat These letters and stories are
made anonymous. and nightly so
yet the reader is constantly reaching
out for some particular boy about
whom he is reading-say. the one
who tells his story on page 50. with
hundreds of others besides. The ac
than fiction. grander taHn ancient
epic. The first volume concerns itself
with the origin of the Escadriile
hmericaine in France, with its devel
opment as the EscadriIle Lafayette.
fighting al the front. and with its
final cmergencc as the dauntlesS La
fayette Flying Corps 1t contains,
also. Geographic sketches Of service
records of the members of this corps
their pictures. too. The volumes
CO nbine to furnish complete and
authentic history of this branch Of
the American war service. Rich in
illustrations. they form a necessary
part and a strikingly presented part.
Of the story Of America IN the world
war.
THE TRIUMPH OF THE Nos. BY
Commanders q. &. Westeryelt. H.
&. Richa rdson and Lieut.. Comman-
del. a. &. Reed. New York: Double
day, Page G. Co.
This is. in permanent form. the
story Of the flight of the N-Cs across
the Atlantic. a story that al the time
had large place in the daily press.
The men who planned and carried out
this triumph are the ones who here