22 OCTOBER 1932, Page 40

FRANCE AND GERMANY : THE HISTORY OF A THOUSAND YEARS

By Professor J. Haller France and Germany : the History of a Thousand Years, translated from the German by Dora von Beseler (Constable. 7s. 6d.). This is a translation of some lectures to German audiences which may have satisfied them but certainly would not satisfy either French or English audiences. It is con- ventional history, omitting disagreeable facts with regard to German policy under Bismarck and later and making the most uncomplimentary judgements on French policy. The author's treatment of Bismarck's " love of peace ' is too good to be true : and he avoids altogether the discussion of German policy in the early part of 1914. The translation contains words and phrases which are not English.