The Ex-Raiser in Exile. By Lady Norah Bentinck. (Hodder and
Stoughton. 12s. 6d. net.)—Lady Norah Bentinck, a niece by marriage of Count Godard Bentinck, stayed at Amerongen last year, saw the ex-Kaiser, and conversed with his aide-de-camp, Captain von Esemann, who married Count Godard's daughter. She reports that the author of the war is still unable to under- stand the full meaning of his crime, and does not know why he is the object of universal detestation. It appears that Count Godard Bentinck did not know the ex-Kaiser, and did not invite him to Amerongen, but was requested by the Dutch Foreign Office to receive the unwelcome guest, if only for a few days. The authoress apparently does not know why this invidious duty was thrust upon her relative, but she suggests that the house, being remote from towns and surrounded by a double moat, was easy to guard. Her book is readable.
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