A MASTERLY WAR-STUDY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1620, 5 October 1916, Page 2

A MASTERLY WAR-STUDY.

"Life for October comes out just in time to celebrate the most important events that have occurred in the war for the last eighteen months. This decisive turn in the tide of affairs gives Or. Pitchett an opportunity for a masterlv review of the

situation, and a clear, picturesque description of the maimer in which the Allies have laid, and are pushing, their strategy. lit Ids lirsl section Dr. Fitehett gives a list of tite seventeen Declarations of War that have been made, and indicates the value of tin 1 new Declarations, summing up at tin' same time the unhappy position that Greece occupies among the Balkan States. As a whole, this review of the war in "Life" gives to the busy man a wonderfully luminous and comprehensive study of the entire held of operations. Among the special articles in this October number of “Life,” a contribution by Owen Johnson —the well-known American novelist —

gives ns an intimate picture of Irene*!) warfare such as our own troops are* now engaged in; whilst Hovel Cable adds a three-page story of the* kind that Ims made him one of the most popular writers evolved hv the war.

As usual, the various departments of this busy man’s magazine ai’e era tamed full of valuable information. If “Life" is unobtainable locally, a4s (id post:il note sent to T. Shaw Fitehett, 376 Swanston Street, .Melbourne, will bring it to any address post free for six months. !