Amongst miscellaneous publications relating to the war, we may mention
Germany's Great Lie (Hutchinson and Co., 1s. net), in which Mr. Douglas Sladen performs the useful task of reprinting the semi-official German justification of the war, prepared by Herr Bailin and Prince Billow under the title of The Truth about Germany, with all its misstatements corrected, paragraph by paragraph, in italics; The German Enigma (J. M. Dent and Sons, 2s. 6d. net), a translation of M. Georges Bourdon's inquiry (on behalf of the Figaro) into Franco-German relations before the war, which throws much light on the present situation; The German Empire's Hour of Destiny, by Colonel H. Frobenius (John Long, 2s. net), which Sir Valentine Chirol describes as "the latest addition to the evidence" of our blindness to German ambitions; The Secrets of the German War Office (T. Werner Laurie, 2s. net), in which the notorious spy, A. Karl Graves, professes to betray his late employers, and tells a story which, whether veracious or not, is highly sensational; The Great War Book (Hodder and Stoughton, Is. net), a readable account of the origin of the war and notable facts about it, prepared by the Daily Chronicle ; Who is Responsible ? by Cloudesley Breretou (G. G. Harrap and Co., 7d. net), a sketch of Prussian militarism ; The Russian Army from Within, by W. Barnes Steveni (Hodder and Stoughton, 2s. net), superficial but interesting—we note that many of our own troops wear an outfit " strikingly like that worn by the Russian infantry "; Lord Kitchener, by H. G. Groser (C. Arthur Pearson, ls. 6d. net), a biography compiled in 1901 and now brought up to date ; and They That Wait (James Clarke and Co., Gd. net), a cheering "message for war time" by Dr. J. H. Jowett from the text, " They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength."
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