The Greco-Turkish War of 1897. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.) —It
is rather unfortunate that a book like this, which purports to tell the story of the melancholy struggle of last year between Turkey and Greece from official sources, should have been antici- pated by the necessarily much more vivid narratives of the special correspondents. There is every reason to believe that the German Staff officer whose work has been translated by Mrs. Frederica Bolton is a trustworthy chronicler ; but he is a trifle too anxious to show that the success of Turkey in the war was due to the reorganisation of her Army effected by countrymen of his own. The book gives photographic portraits of commanders who on both sides took part in the war, with as much biographical information about them as is perhaps now attainable. The chapter giving an account of the events that led up to hostilities, and statistics of the military resources of Greece and Turkey, is readable, but does not suggest much that is novel.
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