Our Living Generals. By Arthur Temple. (A. Melrose.)— Military matters
being—although abait omen !—very much in evidence at the present moment, this volume by Mr. Arthur Temple will, no doubt, be found very interesting by a large sec-
tion of the public. It gives biographies, with portraits, of our twelve most distinguished Generals, beginning with Lord Wol- seley and ending with Sir Herbert Kitchener. Mr. Temple writes vigorously and almost a trifle too enthusiastically. One is inclined, after reading his biographies, to come to the conclusion that each of his twelve is one of the greatest Generals that this country, if not any country, ever produced. The different achieve- ments of the different Commanders, however, speak for themselves, and Mr. Temple is at great pains to set them forth with accu- racy and without exaggeration. This volume will certainly increase the public confidence in the two leading British soldiers in Egypt,—the Sirdar and Sir Francis Wallace Grenfell.
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