28 JULY 1917, Page 22

France. By Christophe Nyrop. Translated from the Dana by C.

A. Bang and A. G. Cbater. (W. Heinemann. Is. net,)— This little book is an able and glowing tribute to the genius of France—the Femme of -Roland and Bayard, -and the France of to-day, with its nameless heroes and heroines who sustain the honour of their race. The author recalls the past, hut he also remarks on the civilizing power of France in the present day- " no book travels so quickly round the world as a French book "— and he concludes with a significant chapter on Franco as "The Land of Liberty." English people, who know that every word of it is true, will read this Danish eulogy of their great Ally with sincere pleasure. All the author's royalties on the book go to the French Red Cross,