11 APRIL 1914, Page 25

A Day with Corps-Students in Germany. By Sir Lees Knowles,

Bart. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 32. 6d. net.)— The author of this interesting little book is a well-known old Blue, who heartily sympathizes with all forma of sport. It has not hitherto been easy for an Englishman quite to under- stand the psychology of the Heidelberg corps and the duels in which they take a just pride, as training their members to the endurance of pain and the strengthening of comradeship. Sir Lees Knowles shows that "the pluck of the German student is enormous," and this particular form of exercise "makes Spartans of a military nation."