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The Crime. By the Author of J'Accuse. Translated by A.

Gray. Vol. II. (Hodder and Stoughton. 10s. 6d. net.)—In this newly translated volume the German author whose denunciation of his Government for forcing war on Europe has made a profound impression on the Continent examines in great detail the " ante- cedents of the orime." He deals faithfully with Professor Schisms= and other official apologists, and presents a remarkable series of quotations from Pan-German writings, advocating an aggressive war and glorying in it. The value of the book lies in its accumulation of significant details, which are not readily to be found elsewhere.