SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Notice in this eau= does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Dublin Review. (Burns and Oates. 55. 6d. net.)—The July issue of the Dublin Review contains a remarkable series of essays—moral, historical, naval, and military. The article entitled "The City of Constantine" is full of interesting matter, including an account of the Latin conquest. The passage of the Dardanelles was effected in June, 1203, by the Crusaders' fleet, which contained some twenty thousand coin- batants. In ten days they had taken the city by assault. Since 1453, the date of the Moslem conquest, no conqueror has entered the city, though in 1878 the Russian armies dictated terms under its very walls. In 1912 the Balkan allies drew nigh, but did not enter. Once more an army is engaged in attacking the city which links Europe and Asia—an army which is perhaps the strangest which has ever been collected. There troops from the Dominions are fighting side by side with English and Scottish Territorials and Regulars and Volunteers of the Naval Division. There also are Indian troops, and next them natives of French North Africa and Senegalese. The Crusaders' host, though a motley one, had nothing to show like this. And as strange almost are the defenders. German bluejackets and German soldiers are allied with men from Arabia, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. Very interesting is Mr. Pollen's article entitled " The Submarine Campaign." His general conclusion is that the submarine has not in the least affected the main purpose of sea power, viz., to assert and maintain the command of the sea.
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