SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice Si au ohms does rot swami-fly preclude nitsequentreoieva The Near East from Within (Cassell and Co., 10s. 6d. net) belongs to the familiar clams of books that may be described as melodramatic diplomacy. The author, we are informed, "has, until recently, occupied a very high diplomatic position, as the intimacy of the revelations here made will testify." Though for this reason be prefers to remain anonymous, he allows us to gather that he is a personage of high rank who has been frequently employed by the Emperor William to discharge special missions of the gravest importance. He thus has no difficulty in telling us the details of the various intrigues by means of which the Kaiser has endeavoured to gain influence in the Balkans. "I shall not be forgiven," he concludes, "for having revealed what I learned on the subject of this vast conspiracy, but at least I have the comfort of an unbur- dened soul." He may also have the comfort of feeling that his accounts of his conversations with eminent diplomatists, secret service agents, and crowned heads will give entertain- ment to many of his readers.
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