SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The People who Run. By Violetta Thurstan. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 2s. ficl. net.)—Under this curious title—a literal translation of the Russian word for refugees, Bejentze—Miss Thurstan, whose book, Field Hospital and Flying Column, will be remembered, gives an account of a visit paid by her to Russia to inquire into the conditions of the refugees, what has been done for them, and what still wants doing. Five and a half million of these unfortunate people left their homes in the summer and autumn of 1915 and flooded the towns and villages in this interior, and it is no wonder that for a time there was little but confusion and terrible suffering. Miss Thurstan gives an interesting hospitals makes very painful reading, but it is well that we here, living account of the work done by the various Committees and Societies formed to supply help. Her description of some of the baraks and improvised in security and comfort, should realize something of the horrors of an invaded country. Much has been done to relieve the privations of the refugees, but much remains to be done, particularly in Poland, and Miss Thuratan makes an eloquent plea for food, money, stores, clothing, and, above all, for personal service.
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