From Kastamuni to Kedos. Edited by C. L Woolley (Blackwell.
42s. net.)—This clever and light-hearted record of the experiences of prisoners of war in Turkey from 1916 to 1918, written and illustrated by many hands and edited by an accomp- lished archaeologist, is typical, we think, of our nation. The British officers captured at Kut and elsewhere had very much to endure at the hands of their Turkish gaolers, but they made the beat of a bad job and set themselves to lighten the tedium of captivity by organized recreation and study. The follies of the Turks are amusingly described, but the authors show no ill-feeling at all. Those who gave their parole were removed to Kedos in Western Anatolia at the end of 1917 and were given a little freedom, though the living quarters were detestable. The editor reminds us that " there was tragedy enough in Turkey, but it was rather for the men than for the officers." When Turcophiles talk about the " gentlemanlike" Turk, let us never forget that three-fourths of our private soldiers who were prisoners in Turkey died miserably " from sickness and neglect, hunger and brutality."
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