Under such chapter headings as, The city of silence, A battle in a storm, Cost of taking Port Arthur, and A contemporary epic, are told the horrid things, pitiless and true, which the author saw in the East on the field and in the trenches where the little brown men fought so bravely.
“Barry knows how to tell a story in words and sentences that seem part of the war itself.” William Elliot Griffis.
| + + | Critic. 47: 265. S. ‘05. 140w. |
“This book is that of an eye-witness profoundly and sympathetically impressed, still young enough to have every impression deep and clear, and old enough to set it down justly and vividly.” Wallace Rice.
| + + | Dial. 38: 417. Je. 16, ‘05. 900w. |
“Not strictly a well-written book, this is nevertheless full of the vitality of the field, and the impression that it gives of a record made on the spot is heightened by the numerous illustrations from the author’s own camera.”
| + + — | Nation. 81: 144. Ag. 17, ‘05. 520w. |
“The book is on the whole more to be commended for its material than the manner in which the material is used.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 470w. |
“He gives a series of vivid pictures of Japanese methods of warfare, of life in the besieging trenches, of the characteristics of the Japanese soldier and his commanding officers.”