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We are grateful to Mr. Edmund Blunden, Captain Cyril Falls,

Mr. H. M. Tomlinson, and Captain R. Wright for the list, compiled for the National Home-Reading Union, of books which will guide us through the welter of War books that have now been published. In the Introduction to The War, 1914-1918 (The Reader, 16 Russell Square, W.C. 1, price 6d.), Mr. Blunden tells us that in this select catalogue of War books we shall find a candid statement of the broad and particular nature of War experience, such as can awaken the imagination of those who missed it, or revive the memory of those who passed through it—a revelation of the spirit of man, and a strong argument for the future expression of heroism and self-sacrifice in better fields." And Edmund Blunden speaks with the authority of experience. We can recommend this list whole-heartedly.