GUERILLA LEADERS OF THE WORLD.
auerilla Leaders of the World. By Percy Cross Standing. (Stanley Paul and Co. 6s.)-Guerilla warfare gives valour its most picturesque opportunity, and the romantic element naturally predominates in Mr. Standing's review of the most notable com- manders of irregular troops who have baffled their technically trained opponents during the last hundred and twenty years. Ranging from the fearless Chouan Charette and the heroes, duke or peasant, whom Napoleon called into being among his adversaries, to Christian de Wet, Mr. Standing's account unites much interest- ing information from diverse sources, but, given the field he has chosen to cover, it is impossible to refrain from entering a mild protest against his title, since it claims a universality in point of time as well as space to which the contents do not pretend.
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