[21] The word “tub” alarms me, and the reader must excuse me for writing it as we really pronounce it in France. [22] A handsome Frenchman and an ugly German. [23] Back with the mob! [24] Now then, gentlemen, can’t we work a little harder? [25] There, old chum! There’s something to grease your dirty palm! [26] This war will be the greatest stain on the history of Europe! [27] “Upon what nation, in days to come, will the verdict of ‘guilty’ be passed by the tribunal of world history? One thing, at least, is certain. Germany can look forward to the verdict with a clear conscience.” (Otto von Gierke, _Internationale Monatschrift für Wissenschaft, Kunst, und Technik_, November 1, 1914, 3rd _Kriegsheft_, “Deutsches Recht und Deutsche Kraft.”) At this identical time, the Protestant theologians of England, in the celebrated letter they sent to Adolf von Harnack, assured that illustrious German historian and personal friend of William II: “_Doch wir sind der festen Ueberzeugung, dass Grossbritannien in diesem Kampfe für Recht und Gewissen; für Europa, die Menschheit und dauernden Frieden fecht._” [“We are, however, firmly convinced that, in this struggle, Great Britain is fighting for right and conscience, for Europe, humanity, and permanent peace.”] It is a remarkable fact that throughout Europe every one has a “clear conscience”! [28] The German authorities subsequently rifled all the notebooks containing “memoirs.” It was only by continued stratagems that I was able to save part of my own. [29] The Vandals have taken Berlin! Oh, what a spectacle! The pagans are at Danzig! The Mongols at Breslau! In my mind all this rises simultaneously, Pell-mell, as chance wills; it is horrible!… O shame!… Germany, Germany, Germany.… Alas! [30] The little Frenchwoman Who awaits me at home Has eyes that glow And a heart of lilac.… [31] After repeated requests I had been allowed to subscribe to the _Frankfurter Zeitung_. Three other prisoners have subscribed respectively to the _Münchener Neueste Nachrichten_, the _Berliner Tageblatt_, and the _Kölnische Zeitung_. [32] Potato bread. _Printed in Great Britain by_ UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON Battles and Bivouacs A French Soldier’s Note-book BY JACQUES ROUJON TRANSLATED BY FRED ROTHWELL _Large Crown 8vo._ _5s. net._ “Battles and Bivouacs,” by Jacques Roujon, is a vivid recital of the first six months of warfare. The language is direct and unaffected, soul-stirring, and free from exaggeration; every page, nay, every line, compels attention and evokes the most sympathetic interest. The book is alike authentic and restrained in tone, but what most strikes the reader is its extraordinary _sincerity_. No war book has yet appeared that gives so strong an impression of reality, or which, on its own sheer merits, is more worthy to survive the rage and tumult of battle. My Experiences on Three Fronts BY SISTER MARTIN-NICHOLSON