Nelson's History of the War. By John Buchan. Vol. XVIII.
(T. Nelson and Sons. Is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Buchan's admirable history of the war pursues its even course. The new volume is timely, for it deals with the German " peace offensive " of a year ago, and shows how President Wilson's patience was exhausted by the revela- tions of the enemy's hypocrisy. It is instructive reading for the self- deluded Pa,cificists who think that a few fine phrases will give us a tolerable peace. Mr. Buchan devotes a chapter to the first acts of Mr. Lloyd George's Ministry and another chapter to the Russian Revolution, and he also describes the Baghdad campaign. Though it is far too soon to write a true history of the war, Mr. Buchan's lucid and intelligent chronicle, with its many maps and its appen- dices of documents, is of the greatest value for all who are striving to follow the many phases of this world-conflict.
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