Gentlewoman.—"The translation of this book is so splendidly done that it seems impossible that it can be a translation.... One of the very few war books which survive Peace.... This is one of the few war books that will not collect dust on the bookshelf."
James Milne in the Graphic.—"It is all very wise and very charming."
Morning Post.—"This gently-humorous little book.... Half an hour with Colonel Bramble and his entertaining friends will stop you worrying for a whole day."
Saturday Review.—"The wittiest book of comment on warfare and our national prejudices that we have yet seen."
A KUT PRISONER
By Lieut. H. C. W. BISHOP. Illustrated. 6s. 6d. net.
This book is the remarkable story of the first three British officers to escape from a Turkish prison camp. It contains a description of the siege and the march of 1,700 miles to Kastamuni; of their capture, escape and dramatic rescue, and finally the voyage in an open boat to Alupka, in the Crimea.