and invincible. With forces thus organized to support the military establishment America can conquer the alien foe and do her part to rescue and redeem civilization. Without these forces she is helpless. Neutrality on the food question is as impossi

ble as neutrality in the war itself. In the great conflict we shall win or lose according to our solution of the food problem. Let us plant gardens as never before, and grow munitions at home to help win the war.

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N December 5 we landed in America after a year's travel through England, France, Italy, and Greece. Everywhere we encountered the diabolically clever propaganda work of Germany, and often wondered how it was that the Governments of those countries were not able to fight this terrible menace more effectively. In France this propaganda everywhere sowed distrust of the English and caused an unbelievable number of intelligent Frenchmen to think that England was really planning to keep French seaports after the war. In Greece it convinced numerous Greeks that France was planning "French protectorate" over Greece, and it insinuated to the French that by supporting Venizelos they were "playing into the hands of England." In England it preached pacifism, conscientious objections, and war weariness. Its effects in Italy have too recently been shown to need recapitulation.

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We were in Salonika when America came into the war. We witnessed the intense joy of Mr. Venizelos and his followers at our entrance and the hopes with which it strengthened all the French and English soldiery. In the months that followed we heard on all sides that America was handling the war situation "with her customory thoroughness." In England the papers were continually holding up the United States as an example to their own Government, saying that America was no sentimentalist, that she understood every phase of the German propaganda, and was effectively nipping it in the bud.

One may imagine my dumfounded disappointment when, on our first Sunday in America, my eyes fell on page 11 of the New York "Times" and I read the following headlines:

BULGARIAN MINISTER SAYS HIS LAND IS NOT OUR FOE. IN A REMARKABLE INTERVIEW STEPHEN PANARETOFF TELLS WHY HE THINKS WE SHOULD NOT DECLARE WAR-ADMITS • HIS COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE FIGHTING.

I read the accompanying article and re-read it. Every line of the interview is the subtlest form of German propaganda I have yet seen in print. Perhaps it was particularly apparent to me because certain partisans of King Constantine and the Kaiser at Athens had informed me that "M. Panaretoff was a very valuable man for Germany." But even had I not known this fact his own words would have been proof enough. First of all, this Bulgarian tells us that our Congressman, Mr. Miller, “seems to be uninformed on the great subjects that he would discuss in the American Congress.'

Shaking the faith of our people in their own representatives is one way in which this Bulgarian serves William of Germany, for Germany plans to weaken our strength as an ally of Eng land and France by bringing about mistrust of our Government in the minds of our people-as she so successfully has done in Russia and in Italy. She means to create Bolsheviki among us, and to finance them, and Mr. Panaretoff is her agent.

Then this representative of a nation whose army in its atrocious conduct is only second to that of Germany proceeds to utter lie upon lie in an effort to create public opinion against heroic Serbia. He says:

So our only enemy in this war, recognized by us in an official declaration of hostilities, is Serbia. If it had not been for Serbia we would have been in the war to-day, not as an ally of Germany and Austria and Turkey, but as an ally of England and France and Italy and America. We stayed out of the war until October of 1915, hoping that the Entente Allies would guarantee us what we asked, which was no more than the restoration of our

own territory. In May of that year-that is 1915-we submitted terms to Great Britain. They were, first, the restitution to us by Serbia of both the contested and the uncontested portions of Macedonia; second, the cession of Kavala, Drama, and Seres; third, restoration by Rumania of New Dobrudja, with the exception of Silistria; and, fourth, the restoration of the Enos-Midia frontier according to the London Treaty of May 30, 1913. In other words, we asked only for what had been taken from us wrongfully, and for the restoration of lands occupied by our own people who wanted to be restored to us.

As our Prime Minister put it at the time, we were ready to fight for either side that would enable us to restore our national unity by recovering Serbian Macedonia. The Entente Allies urged Serbia to agree to what we asked, and the very thing that Serbia had admitted to be right before the second Balkan War. But Serbia refused and blocked the plan, although we had the hearty support of Paul Milukoff, the greatest of the Russian statesmen, who denounced the obstinacy of Serbia.

Is it conceivable that a Bulgarian should be ignorant of the true state of affairs in the Balkans? It is not, and hence every word Mr. Panaretoff uttered in this-interview is a misstatement of the truth as black, as treacherous, as pregnant with German propaganda, as if Bernstorff himself had uttered it.

As I said before, my husband and I have been abroad a year studying the Grecian situation under circumstances which gave us every opportunity of getting at the truth. We have seen many official documents, and have verified all important points from ambassadors who were actors in the drama down there and from the Foreign Office in London. And unequivocally I can state that Serbia did not block the way to negotiations with Bulgaria, but consented to give up the territory demanded by rapacious Bulgaria, in an effort to keep the latter country from siding against the Entente.

As for the Greek provinces of Drama-Kavala-Seres, I have in my hands indisputable proof that they were offered to Bulgaria on August 3, 1915, to gain her neutrality.

And this Bulgarian Panaretoff questions the honesty of Mr. Roosevelt because he asserts that the Bulgarian Legation is furthering the interest of Germany. I do not know what proofs Mr. Roosevelt has against the Bulgarian Legation, but I do know that every statement of Mr. Panaretoff's in his interview is proof enough that this Bulgarian Minister is engaged in the most pernicious form of plotting, of which Germany is a pastmaster. Every word of his has an object in view. He seeks to diminish our admiration for our courageous and .gallant ally Serbia. He makes insinuations against Italy and Rumania with the object of making the American people who are not yet well versed in international affairs-believe that some of our allies are as contemptible as Bulgaria herself.

In this way, naturally, the number of malcontents who do not clearly understand why we are in this war will be increased. It will also help to dampen the enthusiasm of our soldiers for some of the nations on whose side we are fighting. And this is only a beginning, a beginning which, as I said before, it is hoped

will lead to the creation of a Bolshevik movement in the United States. Are we going to permit this? Are we going to see our newspapers unconsciously lending their columns to this inspired propaganda? Are we going to see such men as Panaretoff acting as accredited agents of Germany to our Government? Or are we going to wake up and justify the great faith in our sagacity, in our forethought, in our astuteness, which our allies across the seas have in us?

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Day long the valley pants beneath the glare
Of shimmering sun; a smothering wind blows by
Hot from the desert, parching the brown bare
Earth beneath the pitiless summer sky.
High in the canyons of the dust-blown hills
Fires flame and spread, the thick smoke blurs
The air, the streams run dry, no water fills
The creeks below, no live thing stirs.

There is a hush; as from a long, dread dream
The valley wakes, and dusk, soft-fingered, cool,
Steals down the hills; there comes a gleam
Of water, phantom shapes of stream and pool.
Mysterious night, tender and wondrous calm,
Lulls the hot land to sleep; the red fires die;
Stilled are the horrors of the day's alarm;
Night sentinels, the stars, keep watch on high.

BY GEORGE

HEN I was a very small boy, my father used to take me to the zoo. There, with bulging eyes, I stood motionless before the cages of what to me were absolutely unique animals. And always, when I was safely home, exaggerating and enriching natural history for my companions, I was inwardly elated to think that no iron bars shut me in from the glorious world of marbles, haymows, bonfires and the resulting singed eyebrows.

To-day, for the first time, I am learning how those dumb creatures felt if, perchance, any of them were of sensitive dispositions. I have been through the ordeal of Visitors' Day at one of our best training camps. Cut from the outside world by a circular knife of barbed wire, I have watched the uncaged, and have been amused and saddened. Friends and relativestime-honored attendants at every function- -swarm down upon us like flies on the butter. That Boy in Uniform is, every one, his own Pied Piper.

It is a variegated crowd that he draws. Mothers are, of course, most prominent and most welcome. With eager and worried faces they wait at the gate, adjusting their hats and furs as if they were to be photographed. At the first sight of the boy the impatience becomes unconfined, while anxiety melts into a smile of sympathy, pride, and love.

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Why haven't you written?" begins the mother, after a glad embrace.

"I've had the grip," the son mutters, averting his look from his mother's eyes.

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There, father, didn't I tell you? They haven't given him any warm underclothes."

Father says something about the boy's getting hardened and beams approval on the six feet of young manhood that has already relieved his mother of bundles, the solid appearance of which screams, "Food!" The grand tour of the camp is now under way. The first thing mother will do when she gets home, regulation or no regulation, will be to parcel-post warm socks and underclothes to the boy.

Parents are the first to arrive. Half an hour or so later less intimate relatives and more intimate friends approach the gate. The American girl now draws near. As He-pardon the obsolete capital-comes up the walk to meet her, she stands on the tiptoes of her high-laced shoes and claps her hands in unfeigned joy. Color suffuses her face and mingles naturally with the gay bits of finery of her apparel. Surely, now if ever, she can kiss him, no matter who watches. No one, however, seems to notice save the sentry, who smiles and sighs simultaneously in a decidedly unmilitary manner. I have often been that sentry, but I have never had the heart to eavesdrop. What the girl says is for him. Perhaps some day some one will whisper something to me and me alone.

Still later in the afternoon come the gentlemen friends of the contents of the uniform. They, at first blush, are sheer curiosity. They gape at the sentry's gun, at his leggings, and even his shoes. Their opening remarks bear a striking similarity. There is an emphatic "Well!" and a sincere "How are you? How do you like it?"

An hour after the gate is open to civilians the process of inspecting the details of camp life is in full sway. Right here one begins to think of the lions and monkeys in the circus parade. He also resolves never again to watch them feed the animals.

M. MURRAY

Hereafter the poor things, so far as he is concerned, may at least eat in peace. You look up from the Sunday letter home and see women's faces at the door. From this smiling cloud comes the deluge.

You

all sleep in here? Mercy, there must be a lot of snoring! Those funny things are hammocks? They look like a piece of salt-water taffy. You keep all your clothes in that one bag? My, I never could find anything. What's this-”

The Sunday letter ceases automatically. Here is a golden opportunity to become an adept in the universal art of questionasking.

The cloudburst develops drum-fire intensity. It requires infinite concentration to pick out the individual inquiry.

"Those are "half-hitches'? A ditty box! Isn't that the funniest name? Oh, I love your soap and scrubbing-brush! Did you wash that suit? I think I'll send my laundry to you. Do you think I could climb into a hammock? Fall out in the middle of the night? Goodness, it's miles to the floor!"

Then come the mothers' questions-a gentle, soothing shower of them : "Can you keep your feet warm in a hammock? Is it as comfortable as a bed? Do you get to bed early? Nine o'clock! That's right, you must be all tired out. Couldn't you use feet-warmers? Do you get enough to eat? Remember, let me know if you feel the least bit sick, and go straight to the doctor. What do you want me to send you ?"

You are seized with a violent fit of scribbling, wherein you inform your mother that you sleep like a log and never felt better in your life.

So the long afternoon passes. The unvisited animals become restless. They perform for the spectators. They tie the fanciest of knots, confident the average civilian knows nothing about that science. They unroll and roll clothes, demonstrating what a neat bundle is made by the rotary method of folding. They accept cigars, cigarettes, and confectionery just as the elephant takes his peanuts. Kind-faced elderly ladies, their knitting bags dangling before them, promise sweaters and wristlets with an abandon that makes one fear for fulfillment. Small sisters and brothers don real sailor hats, while shouts of excitement emerge from heads of low visibility. The older youths air their Boy Scout knowledge, semaphoring with the speed of a first-class signal man.

Why, it's as good as a picnic or clambake! Yes, it's fine, so long as the sun is high in the heaven, but now the shadows have suddenly deepened and grown long. The blue, high over the riotous trees on the western hill, has become a dull red. The visitors are now in small groups, talking earnestly and softly to those they have come to see. The visited are thinking of lamp-light and soft chairs, and the visitors of noisy mess-halls and pine benches. There isn't much to be said under such circumstances. But then words, as some one long ago intimated, do not always speak loudly.

One by one, the civilian groups depart. The girls no longer ask questions or radiate enthusiasm. Mothers, looking deep into their boys' eyes, communicate a silent message of confidence in the present and hope for the future. Fathers stand erect and grip tightly the hands held out to them, a man-to-man farewell.

The quick, metallic notes of a bugle sounding “mess gear send the stragglers scurrying to the gate. Motors rattle, horns wheeze, and all is silent, save for the sound of feet scuffling into the mess hall.

[Those who are using the weekly outline should not attempt to cover the whole of an outline in any one lesson or study. Assign for one lesson selected questions, one or two propositions for discussion, and only such words as are found in the material assigned. Or distribute selected questions among different members of the class or group and have them report their findings to all when assembled. Then have all discuss the questions together.]

I-INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

A Topic: Russia in a Trap; An Answer
to a Proposal of Peace.
Reference Page 41; editorial, page 45.
Questions..

1. What has The Outlook said that shows that the Russian Bear is in a trap? 2. Do

you

think England and France wise or unwise in refusing to join Russia and Germany in peace parleying? Reasons. 3. What seems to you to be the German idea of peace? 4. Give your opinion of a peace effected by the Bolsheviki. 5. Are the Bolsheviki Russia? If not, who is? 6. What kind of leaders does Russia need just now? State and discuss qualifications of such. 7. Discuss the aptness of the story told by The Outlook in its editorial on peace on page 45. Is the parallel plain and the meaning of the parable clear? 8. Is The Outlook too severe upon Germany in its statement of the conditions of peace? 9. Discuss the saneness and the justice of The Outlook's explanation of "what we want and what we do not want." 10. Have you yet read Henry van Dyke's book, "Fighting for Peace" If not, do so at once. It is published by Scribners. Read also a new and very valuable book, "Inside the Russian Revolution," by R. C. Dorr (Macmillan). B. Topic: Mania Teutonica. Reference: Pages 58-60. Questions:

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1. What are Professor Jastrow's convictions that constitute his pacifism? Compare this sort of pacifism with the contemporary idea of pacifism. 2. Professor Jastrow believes Germany has gone mad. In his opinion, what kind of madness is it that possesses Germany? How does he account for it, and what does he believe is its only cure? 3. What contrasts does Professor

Jastrow bring out between Germany's mania under military form and the Alles attitude toward and conduct of war? 4. Professor Jastrow says that the German mania proceeds upon cultivated intellectual soil. Who prepared this soil? How was it prepared? 5. How many reasons can you give as to why Germany secretly betrays the good faith of nations? Illustrate. 6. How much are you indebted to Professor Jastrow and The Outlook for the privilege of reading this article? Give several specific reasons. 7. Two valuable books to read in connection with this article are "What Germany Thinks," by T. F. A. Smith (Doran), and "Germanism From Within," by A. D. McLaren (Dutton). C. Topic: Japan's War Problems. Reference: Pages 52-54. Questions:

1. What are the reasons given by Dr. Iyenaga explaining why Japan is not fight ing on the European battlefields? 2. Do you

consider his reasons sufficient and convincing? Tell why or why not. 3. How has Baron Ito shown that the interests of Japan and America in China are not incompatible, are not antagonistic, and are not destined to collide? 4. State and discuss reasons why the friendly relations of Japan and America should be even more firmly cemented than they are now. 5. What do you know about Japanese national characteristics, religious beliefs, moral ideals, economic conditions, education, manners, customs, immigration to America, Socialism, and diplomatic relations between Japan and America? 6. The following books should be read: "The Japanese Nation," by Nitobé (Putnams); "Over Japan Way," by Hitchcock (Holt); "Bushido," by Nitobé (Putnams); "Japan in World Politics," by Kawakami (Macmillan); "Japan to America," by Mosaoka (Putnams). D. Topic: Free Poland. Reference: Editorial, pages 45-47. Questions:

1. Present facts supporting the first sentence of this editorial. 2. What does The

Outlook say about "the spirit of Poland since the Middle Ages"? Add several

other evidences. 3. What is the Polish

question? How does The Outlook believe it should be answered? Why does it hold to its belief? 4. State the purpose and describe the work of the Polish National Committee. Do you approve of it? 5. What reasons are there for believing the fact of the last sentence of this editorial? 6. If you are interested in a further study of this important topic, read "The Second Partition of Poland," by R. H. Lord (Harvard University Press); "A Brief History of Poland," by Julia Orvis (Houghton Mifflin); "The Reconstruction of Poland and the Near East," by Gibbons (Century).

II-NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Topic: Making Bricks Without Straw;
Democracy in War
Reference: Pages 47, 48, and 39.
Questions:

1. What are the conditions set forth by Major-Generals Greble and Wright? 2. Who is responsible for this? Discuss: 3. Could such conditions have been avoided? Explain. 4. What suggestions can you offer on the conduct of the war? 5. What points

Give your own opinion of these.

III-PROPOSITIONS FOR DISCUSSION (These propositions are suggested directly or indirectly by the subject-matter of The Outlook, but not discussed in it.)

1. Nations cannot be handcuffed together, they must grow together. 2. Democracy cannot conduct war effectively.

IV-VOCABULARY BUILDING

(All of the following words and expressions are found in The Outlook for January 9, 1918. Both before and after looking them up in the dictionary or elsewhere, give their meaning in your own words. The figures in parentheses refer to pages on which the words may be found.)

Moral mentors, contemporaries (45); mania, insanity, fanaticism, aberrations

Body in Harmony

To make a perfectly developed physical body we must also develop the mind as well as the muscles. Many systems of phys ical exercise are excellent, but they do not teach the proper use and control of the mind. By selecting from and adding to the best systems for physical development I have worked out a thoroughly practical method of physical culture. To this I have added a plan for developing mental vigor by using the control which mind can be made to exert over matter. Thus both mind and body receive exercise and upbuilding at the same time.

Ages, Napoleonic era (45).

which I shall be glad to send you free.

MRS. ELIZABETH INA JOY, 339 N. Taylor Avenue, St. Louis, Mo!

THE NEW BOOKS

This Department will include descriptive notes, with or without brief comments, about books received by The Outlook. Many of the important books will have more extended and critical treatment later FICTION

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Girl Beautiful (The). By Jean K. Baird. The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia. $1. Madame Sand. A Biographical Comedy. By Philip Moeller. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. $1.25.

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Letty and Miss Grey. By Helen Sherman Griffith. Illustrated. The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia. 60c.

HISTORY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND POLITICS Great Problems of British Statesmanship (The). By J. Ellis Barker. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. $4.

To discuss the world problems which are to be settled by the Peace Council which may be assumed to end the great war recalls the common proverb, "First catch your hare, then cook him." What such a council would decide, and even what such a council ought to decide, must depend absolutely on what the result of the war is. The author is finely optimistic and, we believe, is justified in his optimism. He says: "A new and a greater Britain is arising. The war may not only make the British Empire a reality, but bring about an Anglo

American reunion. The war, far from being an unmitigated evil, may prove a blessing to the British race.'

Avowedly the book is a special study of war matters and the world future as regards Great Britain and of the attitude which Great Britain should take as to its' foreign relations, the future of commerce, the liberty of the sea, and the questions relating to the Near East and the Far East. History of Medieval Europe (The). By Lynn Thorndike, Ph.D. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. $2.75.

League of Nations. A Chapter in the History
of the Movement. By Theodore Marburg. The
Macmillan Company, New York. 50c.
Short History of England (A). By G. K.
Chesterton. The John Lane Company, New
York. $1.50.

POETRY

Ballad of Ensign Joy (The). By E. W. Hornung. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. 75c. Book of Verse of the Great War (A). Edited Soby W. Reginald Wheeler. Foreword by Charlton M. Lewis. The Yale University Press, New Haven. $2.

English Folk Songs from the Southern
Appalachians. Comprising 122 Songs and
Ballads and 323 Tunes. Collected by Olive
Dame Campbell and Cecil J. Charp. G. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York. $3.50.
Odes and Secular Hymn of Horace (The).
By Warren H. Cudworth. Englished into
Rimed Verse Corresponding to the Original-
Meters. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. $1.50.

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jority have catarrh, either chronic or acute. Catarrh of the head is annoying-and filthy. In the throat it causes irritating cough. When it is seated in the chest it is called bronchitis. If allowed to continue, the bronchitis becomes chronic and robs the individual of refreshing sleep, comfort and health. It weakens the lungs and paves the way for pneumonia and consumption.

Catarrh of the stomach and intestines points toward indigestion. So does catarrh of the liver, which produces various ills, such as jaundice and gall-stones, often ending in disagreeable and painful liver colic.

Catarrh sometimes causes earache, headache and other forms of pain, and it lays the foundation for diseases. many This gentleman says that he lives well, but no one lives well who is ill. That is poor living. He can continue to eat what he likes, and grow healthy, if he will only learn how.

He thinks that germs and the climate are to blame, and as germs and climate.are everywhere, we are helpless. It is a tragic fate, or would be, if it were true, for we can't escape the omnipresent germs and climate.

But neither germs nor the climate cause catarrh. Catarrh is due to improper eating -so are coughs and colds-and these conditions can be prevented and cured through right eating. And here is how it happens:

When people eat as they should not, they get indigestion, which fills the stomach and bowels with acid, gases and poisons; a part of these abnormal products are absorbed into the blood, which becomes very impure and the whole body gets acid. The blood tries to purify itself, and a lot of the waste attempts to escape by way of the mucous membrane. This causes irritation, and the result is colds and catarrhs.

The right kind of food, properly eaten, makes pure blood and produces health, vigor and strength. The right kind of food builds a sound body, puts catarrh, coughs and colds to flight, and paints roses on the cheeks.

Catarrh can be conquered quickly, surely and permanently. It has been done in thousands of cases. If you have catarrh you have eaten your way to it. You can cure yourself-you can eat your way out of catarrh into health, and while you are losing your catarrh you will rid yourself of other physical ills: The dirty tongue, that tired feeling, the bad taste in the mouth in the morning, the gas in the stomach and bowels, the headache, and other aches, pains and disabilities will clear up and vanish.

Catarrh is a luxury, not a necessity. Those who get it can keep it indefinitely. They should itely. They should not complain, for there is knowledge at hand that will show them how to get rid of it and stay rid of it.

It is marvelous what the common foods do for the sick, when properly combined and intelligently eaten. Meat, fish, dairy products, eggs, cereal foods, potatoes, vegetables, fruits and nuts contain all the "medicinal" elements needed to build health or cure disease, if rightly used.

Health, barring accidents, is within your control. It is your privilege to break the laws of Nature and be sick, or you may

observe them and be well. Your duty to yourself and your country is clear, for the Nation needs healthy men and women in this crisis. Health, which is principally the effect of foods rightly used, will. win.

In my new book Curing Catarrh, Coughs and Colds I have explained the true cause of these annoying troubles and have outlined a pleasant plan of living that cures these ills and prevents a return.

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It costs nothing to put this splendid plan of living into practice. You don't have to buy medicines or special food You don't have to pay doctor bills or go to health resorts. Simply follow these sense instructions regarding the care of the body and the correct use of the foods you like. Don't take my word for the splendid results obtained, but prove it in your own case and in your own home.

"They're sleepin' soft in the good ole home an' a-wishin' fer me there,

An' I honê, ter see fruit blossoms in May an' ter hear the crunch of snow,

An' I want ter smell the Atlantic an' breathe its. salty air,

But the wind o' the desert has wrapped me round and won't never let me go."

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY

Protestantism in Germany. By Kerr D. Macmillan, President of Wells College. Princeton University Press, Princeton. $1.50.

These recent lectures on the L. P. Stone Foundation at the Princeton Theological Seminary exhibit a type of Protestantism peculiar to Germany. Lutheran Protestantism, submissive to the "divine right" of princes, has kept the people in perpetual tutelage under a form of absolute monarchy. Calvinist Protestantism, on the other hand, has been the nurse of democracy, a political liberator. In sad distinction from other civilized nations, as Dr. Macmillan remarks, "however well the Germans have been trained to perform the functions of scholars, soldiers, peasants, or what not, they have never had the training requisite to their becoming fair-minded, well-balanced, mature men." To this he attributes their "childish characteristics to-day as centuries ago "the same arrogance and intolerance, contempt of criticism, and radiant consciousness of righteousness.'

WAR BOOKS

Don Hale in the War Zone. By W. Crispin
Sheppard. Illustrated. The Penn Publishing
Foreign Policy of Woodrow Wilson (The)
Company, Philadelphia. 60c.
1913-1917. By Edgar E. Robinson and
Victor J. West. The Macmillan Company,
New York. $1.75.

This volume should be of practical and permanent value in the libraries of newspapers and for all those who wish to study closely the records and official documents which preceded or immediately followed America's entrance into the world war. The documents themselves are preceded by an analysis of President Wilson's foreign policy from 1913 to 1917, with many crossreferences to the documents which follow. This statement is almost entirely a presentation of facts rather than an argument as to what our policy was, should have been, or was not. The work is an admirable piece of book-making, and its reference value, as we have already indicated, is great. History of the World War. By Frank H. Simonds. Vol. I. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. $3.50.

Mr. Frank H. Simonds is one of the ablest of the current military interpreters of the war. He has, for a civilian, a remarkable knowledge of military strategy coupled with the ability of a journalist so to interpret military movements that the unexpert reader can understand them. He possesses a historic background and democratic sympathies. The former enables him to interpret military movements by their analogy to military movements in past great campaigns, especially the Napoleonic

ones. The latter enables him to forecast the future with something of a prophetic vision. His description of the Battle of the Marne is admirable and is preceded by an interpretation of the perplexing events which preceded the battle. It should be added that while Mr. Simonds's sympathies are wholly with the Allies, he is not wholly free from some anti-English prejudices.

Trench Fighting. By Captain F. Hawa Elliott. Illustrated. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. $1.50.