This book gives a remarkably clear idea of hospital life, and also of Italian character and ways. It is a fine record of service, and in its quiet restrained humanity it is a chronicle which deserves to be widely read. The author served for several months in a war hospital in France, and her sketches of her patients' characters and her record of their talk and behaviour give us the real Italy. WITH THE CAVALRY IN THE WEST. By J. D. DELIUS. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. While we have had many books describing the work of the Infantry and Artillery in the war, very little has been written about the part played by our Cavalrymen. The fact that their operations were restricted by the conditions of modern warfare does not, however, detract in the least from the interest of CAPTAIN DELIUS' book, for it is a book of happy anecdote and amusing description, rather than of the more repulsive side of war. FROM THE SOMME TO THE RHINE. By MAJOR A. ASHMEAD-BARTLETT. Crown 8vo. This is a valuable narrative of the last phase of the Great War. The author, who has the literary talent of his family has used his opportunities as an Intelligence Officer to great advantage, and his narrative is very clear, very picturesque and very human. He has seized the salient details of what he is describing, and his sincerity combined with his artistic gift, makes a moving, life-like picture. JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD, VIGO STREET, LONDON, W.1. * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Illustrations have been moved near the relevant section of the text. Inconsistent hyphenation and use of separate words have been retained for: down stream/downstream Eski Chehir/Eski-Chehir framework/frame-work goatskins/goat skins half way/half-way hillside/hill-side machine guns/machine-guns sheep tracks/sheep-tracks some one/someone tilework/tile-work trench digging/trench-digging up stream/up-stream up to date/up-to-date used up/used-up Inconsistencies in italicization and capitalization have been retained. The following minor typographical corrections were made: Period added after "line" on Page 20 Space added before "the" on Page 54 "Poor" changed to "poor" on Page 131 Period removed after "Tip" on Page 185 "A pparently" changed to "Apparently" on Page 188 "pro cured" changed to "procured" on Page 195 "andfind" changed to "and find" on Page 196 "Bighar" changed to "Bihgar" on the illustration following Page 196 Period added after "Mellis" and "Maj.-Gen. Mellis." centered on Page 235 "in in" changed to "in" on Page 249 Period added after "Mackenzie" on Page 250