+ + – Spec. 97: 232. Ag. 18, ’06. 1460w.
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith. Staff officer’s scrapbook during the Russo-Japanese war. *$4.50. Longmans.
“Facts as they appeared to the First Japanese army while the wounded still lay bleeding upon the stricken field.” From the standpoint of the soldier of insight there are impressions of the Japanese army, its leaders, some acquaintances, the march from Tokio to the Yalu, the battle of the Yalu, an account of the visit from the Chinese General, entertainments for the attachés, and “snap shots” and impressions and opinions of other battles in which the First army engaged and which Hamilton witnessed.
“Although in many respects a disappointing production ... is a very welcome addition to the extensive but unsatisfying literature that has been the outcrop of the campaign. In certain instances Sir Ian Hamilton succeeded where others failed in piercing the veil of secrecy at least partially.”
+ Acad. 69: 1224. N. 25, ’05. 1840w.
“Sir Ian Hamilton’s book is of great interest, though the volume forms but a fragment and breaks off suddenly.”
+ Ath. 1905, 2: 755. D. 2. 1690w.
“Under the above modest title Sir Ian Hamilton has produced by far the most interesting book on the Russo-Japanese war that has yet appeared from the pen of an eye-witness.”
+ + Lond. Times. 4: 414. D. 1, ’05. 1020w.