6 DECEMBER 1919, Page 25

Precepts and Judgments. By Marshal Foch. Translated by Hilaire Belloc.

(Chapman and Hall. 9s. net.)—This is a collection of passages from Marshal Foch's two famous books on the principles of war and on the conduct of war. The precepts are arranged alphabetically according to subject. The judgments, arranged chronologically, refer for the most part to the war of 1870 ; at the close are a few terse judgments on bygone commanders. Major Grasset has written a highly interesting memoir of the Marshal by way of introduction. Mr. Belloc's version is excellently done. The little book will, we think, make its readers anxious to read the originals from which it is compiled. Tho Principles has been translated by Mr. Belloc himself ; the Conduct of War is not yet available in English.