18 AUGUST 1917, Page 17

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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The New East for July-contains a valuable article by Lord Bryce, who answers the question, "Why is the 1Var Spreading ?" by pointing out that the conduct and methods of Germany threaten to undo all the good that civilization has done in the course of centuries, and would, if Germany were not beaten, make peace and progress impossible. Count Soyeshima, from the Japanese rased- point, arrives at the same conclusion in another article. Among the other notable things in an interesting number is the first part of a narrative of the recent political troubles in China, by Mr. David Fraser, of Peking.