Wan-Books.—How Soldiers Fight. By F. Norreys Connell. (J. Bowden. 38.
6d.)—This is a seasonable volume. Mr. Connell gives his first chapter to the past, and in his second compares the soldiers of the various Powers of the world. Than he deals with the subject of "War in Our Own Time." He describes the component parts of an army,—its leaders under the title of " Staff " ; " Cavalry," a topic on which he has something particularly interesting to say ; "Artillery," "Engineers," and " Infantry." " The Servants of War" include the Transport, Ordnance, and Medical Services. Finally we have "The Battle of the Future." The last sen- tence in the volume is so true that, often as it has been quoted before, we must quote it again : " If only all soldiers of their own accord would do their duty in battle, an army would be per- fectly invincible."—With this may be mentioned Napoleon's War Maxims, by L. E. Henry (Gale and Polden, 6s.) ; Lean's Royal Navy List, edited by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lean, R.M.L.I. (Witherby and Co., 7s. 6d.) ; and Royal Navy List, Diary, and Handbook (same publishers), with a review, "The Naval Pro- gress of the Year," by L. Carr Laughton, and other articles; a volume with the usual features of a diary, and special naval informa- tion.—Things I Have Seen in War. By Irving Montagu. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—Mr. Montagu tells a number of stories more or less connected with his experiences as a war correspondent. The first, for instance, is entitled " The Torture of Karl Hoff- mann," and relates the narrow escape of a German from being executed as a malefactor of the Commune. Mr. Montagu had nothing to do with it, except that he was in Paris somewhere about the time. So he takes us over a considerable portion of the world. He has always something curious to relate, and it is needless, in view of the interest of the stories, to inquire too particularly how they come to be told.
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