SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
Metes in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review:I The Note-Book of an Intelligence Officer. By Eric Fisher Wood. (New York : Century Company. 81.75.)—Major Wood, who was in the American Diplomatic Service when the war began, was con- vinced by his official experiences in Germany that the Allied cause was just, and he volunteered his services to Great Britain last winter. This lively but desultory book is an account of his experi- ences. After seeing Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Northcliffe and studying the Postal Censorship, of which he is a warm admirer, he went to France in time for the battle of Arras. He says that thirty thousand young Americans had enlisted in our Army. " When I asked one [Canadian] Corporal what province he came fronn he was for the moment very much taken back, and blushing bright red finally stuttered, Pennsylvania, Sir.' Well, Corporal,' I said, ' you needn't look so guilty, for I hail from that province myself.' " Major Wood, who was wounded at Arras, has now rejoined the American Army, in which he began hia career.
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