11 AUGUST 1917, page 15

Books.

A GREAT FRENCHWOMAN.. Ws: are glad to see this interesting biography of Mane. Adam, ono of the most remarkable women of our time. She has played considerable part in French......

The Jesus Of History.• Ix The " Foreword " Which

the Archbishop of Canterbury con- tributes to this book (and a hook to which his Grace has done that honour is very like a black swan) he speaks of its maimed "rare power of......

The Battle Of The Marne.•

NEARLY throe years have passed since Marechal Joffe) fought and won the gigantic battle of the Marne, the first and also the last open battle fought in the West by the massed......