2 Mr. Edward ArnolcTs Autumn Announcements. 



GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR. 



(" DEUTSCHLAND UND DER NACHSTE KRIEG.") 



By General FRIEDRICH VON BERNHARDI. 

 One volume, with a Map. Demy 8vo. los. 6d, net. 



General von Bernhardi, a distinguished Cavalry General, is 

 probably the most influential German writer of the day on current 

 strategical and tactical problems. His new book is the most candid 

 expression that has been given in recent years to the doctrine that 

 Germany must, regardless of the rights and interests of other 

 peoples, fight her way to predominance. The book has caused a 

 great sensation in Germany, where it has passed through many 

 editions in a very short time, 



General Bernhardi's first chapter is on "The Right to Make 

 War," his second " The Duty to Make War." In his view the 

 only alternatives before the German Empire are "World Power" 

 or " Decline and Fall." The cynicism with which he accepts 

 Machiavellian doctrines is remarkable, and he maintains that 

 history shows that "wars which were produced of deliberate 

 intent with statesmanlike insight had the happiest results." War 

 all round is contemplated with equanimity. War with England is 

 probably the first item on the programme; France must be com- 

 pletely overthrown; the permanent neutrality of Belgium is ridi- 

 culed ; the Balance of Power in Europe must be deliberately 

 destroyed. Two chapters are allotted to the coming naval war 

 with England, which are of great interest. The book is one which 

 cannot be ignored, and well deserves study by all who are interested 

 in military and naval affairs and in the foreign relations of the 

 country. 



AN AFRICAN YEAR. 



By CULLEN GOULDSBURY, 



AUTHOR OF "THE TREE OF BITTER FRUIT," ETC; 

 JOINT- AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT PLATEAU OF NORTHERN RHODESIA." 



With Illustrations. Crown Svo. 55. net. 



In "An African Year" the author has endeavoured to depict, 

 month by month, the domestic side of life on the Outer Fringe of 

 Colonization, disregarding the heavier political questions, avoiding 

 the weightier matters of ethnology and native social problems, and 

 laying stress rather upon the theme that women as well as men may 

 find a congenial place in the frontier life, provided that they are of 

 the right calibre. Hams and jams are almost as important in a new 

 country as administrative measures ; and the author would evidently 

 be well pleased if more women, like the " Beryl " to whom the book 

 is dedicated, went abroad to supervise the hams and the jams of 

 their husbands in the tropics. 



